Christian von Tattenbach

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Christian von Tattenbach

Christian Graf von Tattenbach (born January 16, 1846 in Landshut , † February 10, 1910 in Madrid ) was a German diplomat .

Life

Christian von Tattenbach married Franziska Louise Constanze von Metzler (1856–1934) on July 15, 1885 in Frankfurt am Main and was the father of the diplomat Franz von Tattenbach . He was envoy to Tangier (1889–1898) and ambassador to Lisbon (1897–1908) and finally to Madrid from 1908 until his death in 1910.

Morocco

Mulai al-Hassan I sent a delegation led by Kaid von Safi Taibi Benhima on May 23, 1878 to Wilhelm I. He sent another delegation, which was led by Governor of Chaouia Abdeslam Ben Rachid Lahrizi and on February 6, 1889 by Wilhelm II. Was received in Bremerhaven. Wilhelm II. Then sent 1889 Tattenbach as its ambassador in the form of a resident minister in Tangier to al-Hassan I. This was now responsible with that on June 1, 1890, the first German-Moroccan trade agreement was signed in Fes. His successor as ambassador to Morocco was Gustav Adolf Schenck zu Schweinsberg on April 29, 1898 , who was received by Sultan Abd al-Aziz in Marrakech .

Portugal

From 1897 to 1908 Tattenbach was Wilhelm II's ambassador to Charles I of Portugal in Lisbon. He had to represent the colonial strategy of William II, which included the attempt to gain control over the colonies of Portugal. When it became known in 1898 that there were Anglo-Portuguese rescheduling negotiations, the ambassadors of the German Empire in London and Lisbon put peaceful relations up for grabs if German interests were not adequately taken into account. As a guarantee for a loan of 25 million marks, the German Reich in Asia Timor and Goa Damaio, Macao and Diu as well as in Africa the Portuguese areas north of Mozambique with the exception of a strip of three miles on both sides of the Cecil Rhodes Trans-African Railway.

When Wilhelm II appeared in Tangier for the first Morocco crisis on March 31, 1905, he had traveled via Portugal and from Lisbon had been accompanied by von Tattenbach. On January 16, 1906, Tattenbach was a negotiator at the Algeciras Conference on Morocco.

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ An Anglo-German Treaty on the Portuguese Colonies ( Memento of the original from November 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jadu.de
  3. ^ German-English-Portuguese secret treaty. In: The Deserert News. December 28, 1899
  4. ^ Petra Wilhelmy Dollinger: The Berlin salons. With historical and literary walks. Walter de Gruyter, 2000, ISBN 3-11-016414-0 , p. 328 ( digitized version)
  5. ↑ Jakob Bretschger: The Morocco Conference, Algeciras 1906
predecessor Office successor
Friedrich von Gülich German envoy to Morocco
1889–1898 		Gustav Adolf Schenck zu Schweinsberg
Eduard von Derenthall German ambassador in Lisbon
1897–1908 		Max von Ratibor and Corvey
Joseph Maria von Radowitz German ambassador in Madrid
1908–1910 		Max von Ratibor and Corvey
personal data
SURNAME Tattenbach, Christian von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Landshut
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1910
Place of death Madrid