Constantine of Flondor

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Constantin Ritter von Flondor, Marshal of the Royal Court in 1937

Constantin Ritter von Flondor (born February 14, 1889 in Roman , Neamț district ; † June 15, 1942 in Chernivtsi ) was a Romanian lawyer and diplomat , then court marshal of the Kingdom of Romania .

Constantin Ritter von Flondor around 1938

origin

Flondor descended from one of the oldest boyar families of the Bukovina , whose line of tribe was Mic Albu, who moved from Maramures to the Moldau in 1403. From the 16th century onwards, members of the family were high dignitaries at the princely court.

Ioan Flondor (1710–1784), district governor (voric) of Câmpulung Rusesc, was the progenitor of all family members from Bukovina. His three sons formed different branches of the family. Constantin came from the third, from his great-grandfather of the same name. His two sons Demeter and Nikolaus Ritter von Flondor again formed two branches. The son of Nikolaus, Georg was the father of the composer Theodor Ritter von Flondor (1862–1908). Constantin came from his marriage to Maria Ciunta (1865–1950). His brother was the last royal resident of the Bukovina Georg von Flondor .

biography

After dropping the baccalaureate at the Imperial upper-secondary school in Czernowitz, he studied at the Universities of Vienna and Chernivtsi Jus . In 1914 he received his doctorate from the University of Innsbruck in the law . During the First World War he served in the Austro-Hungarian Army .

Attracted by the ideals of his uncle Johann Ritter von Flondor (Iancu Flondor), he entered the diplomatic service of the Kingdom of Romania immediately after the end of the war , where he demonstrated his skills for the tasks at hand at an early age and therefore quickly began all stages to climb the diplomatic career.

At the beginning, from 1920 to 1924, Constantin was Legation Secretary in Prague and Belgrade , then Legation Councilor , among others in Vienna.

After becoming ambassador to the rank of minister ( Romanian : ministru plenipotențiar), he successfully fulfilled the various obligations in the capitals of Europe, such as Sofia , Prague , Stockholm , Helsinki , Copenhagen and Vienna. During this time he was also chief of protocol and also headed the order's chancellery.

In 1937 Flondor was appointed royal court marshal, an office that he would hold until 1939, including becoming president of the radio company. During his time as Marshal, he accompanied King Carol II on his visit to the United Kingdom (November 15-18, 1938), together with the Romanian Foreign Minister Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen, the minister with special powers and Ambassador in London Ioan Victor Baron de Stîrcea and others, where she and King George VI. , Neville Chamberlain and Lord Halifax met. A deepening of the relations between the two states - especially after the results of the Munich Agreement - was discussed and a stronger financial support for Romania by the British was negotiated. At the beginning of 1940 he again took over the duties of chief of protocol and director of the order chancellery.

Because of irreconcilable differences with General Ion Antonescu's regime , he retired and then traveled around the country on business. Flondor died unexpectedly in his room of the hotel "Pajura neagra" that had belonged to him mainly as a result of a heart attack buried and was due to the war situation in a hurry on the Chernivtsi Central Cemetery, provided him as soon as possible in the family vault after Rogojeşti ( county Botosani ) to be allowed to move.

The diplomat was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Romania and the Grand Cross of the Star of Romania .

epilogue

Constantin von Flondor, homecoming of a diplomat

The relocation of Chernivtsi to his home town was delayed by almost 40 years due to the political situation. The final permission for the exhumation of the dead person and his transfer was finally granted by the Ukrainian authorities, following the intervention of the Romanian Foreign Ministry. The solemn act took place on June 9 and 10, 2000.

Today Constantin Ritter von Flondor rests in the family mausoleum in the courtyard of the church of Rogojeşti next to his father Theodor, his brother Georg and his grandfather Theodosius Ritter von Buchenthal and his grandmother Helene Freifrau von Petrino-Armis.

Picture gallery

  • Father Theodor von Flondor

  • Mother Maria Ciuntu

  • Sister Florica Flondor-Racovitza

  • Florica's husband Aurel Racovitză as lieutenant colonel

literature

  • Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch, Freiherrliche Häuser, 79th year, Verlag Justus Perthes, Gotha 1929
  • Sever de Zotta, "The Descent of the Flondor Family", special edition in: "Bukowiner Heimatblätter", edited by de A. Nibio, Radautz, year I, issue 1–3, Rădăuți 1933
  • Marusia Cîrstea: "Din istoria relaţiilor anglo-române (1936-1939)", Editura Mica Valahie, Bucharest 2011, ISBN 973-7858-26-3

Web links

Commons : Flondor  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sever de Zotta: The Descent of the Flondor Family. Reprint from Bukowiner Heimatblätter , ed. by A. Nibio, Radautz, Volume I, Issue 1–3, Radautz 1933.
  2. ↑ a b c Institutul internațional Bucovina-Basarabia, Alexandru Racovițză-Flondor: "Revista de istorie a familiei Flondor", anul 1, no. 1, Rădăuți - Rogojeşti - Bucureşti 2001, p. 6 f.
  3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2014 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 / forum.drumulinvingatorilor.ro
  4. ↑ http://www.crainou.ro/?module=displaystory&story_id=32845
  5. ↑ http://www.genealogie.lovendal.ro/familia-flondor/
  6. ^ Stephen Taylor: "Who's who in Central and East Europe", Central European Times Publishing Company, Zurich 1935, p. 272
  7. ↑ Societatea de Stiinte istorice şi Filologice din RepublicanGuard Socialistă România "magazine Istoric", volume 34, issues 1-6, Bucharest, 2000, p 112
  8. ↑ Liviu Rebreanu, Puia Florica Rebreanu-Vasilescu, Niculae Gheran: "Jurnal", Volume 2, Verlag Minerva, Bucharest 1984, p. 225
  9. ↑ Marusia Cirstea: "Din istoria relaţiilor Anglo-române (1936-1939)", f Editura Mica Valahie, Bucharest 2011, p 113th
  10. ↑ Societatea de Stiinte istorice şi Filologice din RepublicanGuard Socialistă România "magazine Istoric", volume 34, issues 1-6, Bucharest, 2000, p 112
personal data
SURNAME Flondor, Constantin of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flondor, Constantin; Flondor, Constantin cavaler de; Flondor, Constantin Ritter von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian diplomat and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Roman , Neamț district
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 1942
Place of death Chernivtsi