Emmerich from Arco-Valley

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Emmerich Graf von und zu Arco auf Valley (born February 8, 1852 in Munich , † July 14, 1909 in Petrópolis in the state of Rio de Janeiro ) was a German diplomat .

Life

His parents were Anna Margherita Maria Juliana Pelina Contessa Marescalchi (born August 28, 1813) and Maximilian Graf von und zu Arco-Valley (born April 8, 1806) Graf Arco took part in the Franco-German War in 1870/71 . Then he studied law . He worked as a lawyer in Munich from 1879 to 1880 before switching to the diplomatic service. From 1880 to 1881 he was legation secretary in Brussels , from 1882 to 1885 he was embassy secretary in Rome , from 1886 to 1888 consul general in Alexandria , until 1891 he was first embassy secretary in Madrid , in 1897 he was in London .

Among other things, he was envoy to Tokyo (1901 to 1906), Athens (1906 to 1908) and Rio de Janeiro (1898 to 1900 and again in mid / late 1908 until death). During his time in Tokyo he was President of the German Society for Natural History and Ethnology of East Asia . He died of heart failure.

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  1. ↑ Photography Emmerich von Arco-Valley ( Memento of the original from October 31, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oag.jp
  2. ^ Paul Hatzfeldt, Gerhard Ebel, Michael Behnen: Ambassador Paul Graf von Hatzfeldt. Recovered papers 1838–1901. Volume 2, Boldt, 1976, ISBN 3-7646-1663-6 , p. 897 ( digitized version )
  3. ↑ Hermann Freiherr von Eckardstein: Memoirs and political memorabilia. Leipzig 1919, p. 100.
  4. ↑ Board of Directors and Advisory Board of the OAG
  5. ↑ Count Von Arco-Valley. In: The New York Times . July 15, 1909, Count of Arco-Valley. Rio Janeiro, July 14. - Count von Arco-Valley, the German Minister to Brazil, died suddenly in ths city last night of heart failture. ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / query.nytimes.com
predecessor Office successor
Friedrich Richard Krauel Envoy of the German Empire in Rio de Janeiro
1898–1901 		Karl Georg von Treutler (April 9, 1858–1933)
Georg von Wedel Envoy of the German Reich in Tokyo
May 10, 1901–1906 		Friedrich Carl Victor Rudolph von Erckert (born March 8, 1869 in Berlin)
Franz von Reichenau Envoy of the German Reich in Rio de Janeiro
1909 		Gustav Michahelles
personal data
SURNAME Arco-Valley, Emmerich from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arco on Valley, Count Emmerich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 1909
Place of death Petrópolis