Aldephonse Alexandre Félix du Jardin
Aldephonse Alexandre Félix du Jardin (born February 17, 1796 in Ghent , † November 24, 1870 in Brussels ) was a Belgian diplomat .
Life
His parents were Pierre-Joseph du Jardin (also Dujardin ) and Antoinette Alexandrine Suzan. In Paris , Aldephonse du Jardin married Félicité Sophie Chevin (1806–1842) on April 21, 1827, and in Hanover on November 9, 1844, Louise Frédérique Jeanne Emmy de Zesterfleth (1813–1878).
In the years after the London Conference (1830), Du Jardin served in the Belgian government, which at that time was not yet fully recognized internationally. In 1830 troops of the German Confederation with a commander from the Kingdom of Hanover prevented the annexation of Luxembourg by the newly emerging Belgium . After the London Conference (1839) which is now sovereign Kingdom of Belgium opened a diplomatic Residentur in Hamburg and du Jardin was in 1839 first as charge d'affaires at the royal court of Hanover accredited, then in 1840 in addition to the three free Hanseatic cities , the royal court of Denmark and the ducal Courts of both Mecklenburg . In 1845 his seat was moved to Copenhagen .
From 1849 to 1853 he was transferred as envoy to the royal Spanish court in Madrid , where he signed a postal agreement on July 17, 1849. From 1853 to 1858 he was envoy to the German Confederation in Frankfurt am Main , where he signed a state treaty with Wilhelm von Eisendecher on March 15, 1854 . From 1858 to 1867 he served as envoy to the Netherlands and from 1867 to 1869 to the United Kingdom .
Honors
- Officer of the royal. Belgian Order of the Leopold
- Grand Cross of the Royal Grand Duke. netherlands-luxembg. Order of the Oak Crown
- Grand Cross of the Royal Spanish Order of Isabel la Católica
- Commander of the royal. Dutch Order of the Dutch Lion
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Alexandre-Hippolyte Tarlier: Almanach royal de Belgique , Librairie Polytechnique, Brussels 1845, p. 13
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↑ Johann Friedrich von Cotta: Allgemeine Zeitung, No. 91 of April 1, 1841 , p. 766, accessed on March 13, 2016
- “Bremen, March 30th. Belgium has committed itself to establishing diplomatic connections with the Hanseatic [...] cities after the first introduction to this was made in November 1839 by Lieutenant General Goblet. Mr. Aldephonse Dujardin from the Ministry of Finance and Commerce has given his creditive as chargé d'affaires to Sr. Maj. The King Leopold in Lübeck, Bremen and Hamburg [...]. "
- ^ "Convention de poste entre la Belgique et l 'Espagne, signé à Madrid, le 17 juillet 1849" after Friedrich Lucian Samwer: Nouveau recueil général de traités: conventions et autres , Volume 45, Part 1
- ↑ a b Tobias C. Bringmann: Handbook of diplomacy, 1815-1963: Foreign Heads of Mission in Germany and German heads of mission abroad Metternich to Adenauer , Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2001, p 49
- ↑ Pasinomie: collection complète des lois, décrets, arrêtés et réglements , Bruylant, Brussels 1854, p. 245
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Albert Goblet d'Alviella |
Belgian chargé d'affaires with the Hanseatic cities 1841 to 1845 |
--- after 1845: resident in Copenhagen |
| --- before 1845: Resident in Hamburg |
Belgian envoy to Denmark 1845 to 1848 |
Napoléon-Alcindor de Beaulieu |
|
Belgian envoy to Spain from 1849 to 1853 |
Eugène Henri Léonard Beyens | |
| Camille de Briey |
Belgian envoy to the German Confederation in Frankfurt a. M. 1853 to 1858 |
Napoléon-Alcindor de Beaulieu |
|
Belgian envoy to the Netherlands from 1858 to 1867 |
||
| Sylvain van de Weyer |
Belgian envoy to the United Kingdom 1867 to 1869 |
Napoléon-Alcindor de Beaulieu |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Du Jardin, Aldephonse Alexandre Félix |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jardin, Aldephonse you |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1796 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ghent |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1870 |
| Place of death | Brussels |