Alfred von Bülow
Alfred Victor Otto Viktor Ernst von Bülow (born August 7, 1851 in Frankfurt am Main ; † June 26, 1916 in Baden-Baden ) was a Prussian and German diplomat , with the rank of extraordinary envoy and authorized minister.
family
Alfred von Bulow came from the Mecklenburg Uradelsgeschlecht those of Bulow . He was the son of Bernhard Ernst von Bülow and Louise Victorine, née Rücker. His siblings were Karl von Bülow , who later became Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow , Adolf von Bülow and Karl-Ulrich von Bülow . His father, Bernhard Ernst von Bülow, was first envoy of the two Mecklenburg Grand Duchies and, from 1873, State Secretary of the Foreign Office with the rank of Prussian State Minister, his brother Bernhard von Bülow was Chancellor of the Reich from 1900 and Prussian Prime Minister from 1905. His nephew Bernhard Wilhelm von Bülow (1885–1936) was State Secretary from 1930 to 1936 and representative of the Foreign Minister.
His marriage to Marie Julie Auguste Countess von Dillen-Spiering in 1884 gave birth to the four children Bernhard Friedrich (1885-1937), Bertha (1887-1956), Alice (1890-1944) and Gabriele (1894-1963).
Life
Bülow studied political science and law in Lausanne, Strasbourg and Leipzig from 1871 to 1875 . In 1875 he was promoted to Dr. iur. PhD. With the help of his brother Bernhard von Bülow, he joined the Foreign Service in 1881 and became an embassy attaché in Constantinople. In 1882 he became legation secretary at the Prussian legation in Stuttgart. He was in the diplomatic service in Rome (1884), Bern (1885), Vienna (1888) and with appointment as Legation Councilor in The Hague (1890) and St. Petersburg (1891).
In 1893 he became Minister Resident in Luxembourg. In 1895 he became envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Oldenburg , Lippe and Braunschweig (1895), envoy in Bern (1898-1912) and envoy in Dresden (1912-1914). He died in Baden-Baden in 1916. He found his final resting place in the aristocratic cemetery at Dätzingen Castle .
Honors
He has received several awards, including being appointed Royal Prussian Chamberlain and Real Privy Councilor.
- Order of the Red Eagle II class with star and oak leaves
- Order of the crown, 1st class
- Cross of Honor of the Order of the Württemberg Crown with the Lion
- Grand Cross of the Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig
- Grand Cross of the Order of Henry the Lion
- Cross of Honor 1st Class of the Lippe House Order
- Knight of the Order of Saints Mauritius and Lazarus
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown
- Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown
- Order of Saint Stanislaus II class with star
- Osmanje Order IV class
swell
- German Biographical Encyclopedia. Volume 2, p. 182.
- Tobias C. Bringmann : Handbook of Diplomacy. 1815–1963: Foreign Heads of Mission in Germany. Walter de Gruyter, 2001.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Orders and their order according to the status of 1908, Handbuch für das Deutsche Reich. 1908, p. 73
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Nikolaus Graf von Wallwitz |
German Minister-Resident in Luxembourg 1893–1895 |
Prince Franz von Thurn and Taxis |
| Anton Count of Monts de Mazin | Prussian envoy in Oldenburg, Lippe and Braunschweig 1895–1898 |
Count Viktor Henckel von Donnersmarck |
| Wolfram Freiherr von Rotenhan |
German envoy to Switzerland 1898–1912 |
Konrad Freiherr von Romberg |
| Hans Heinrich Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen |
Prussian envoy in Saxony 1912–1914 |
Ulrich Graf von Schwerin |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bülow, Alfred von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bülow, Alfred Victor Otto Viktor Ernst von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1916 |
| Place of death | Baden-Baden |