Ernst von Grunelius

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Grave of the Georg von Grunelius family in the Oberlauringen cemetery
Coats of arms of von Grunelius (left) and von Heyder (right) at the castle gate in Oberlauringen

Ernst Grunelius , from 1883 Freiherr von Grunelius (born September 13, 1864 in Rothof near Königshofen , † December 16, 1943 in Munich ) was a Bavarian diplomat.

family

Grunelius was a son of the landowner Georg Grunelius, who was raised to the status of hereditary Bavarian baron in 1883 , and his first wife Bertha, born in Oberlauringen . v. Heyder. In 1900 he married Countess Anna von Bernstorff. The marriage remained childless.

Life

After studying law , Ernst Grunelius worked as a legal intern from 1888 to 1892. After passing the state examination (1891), he became an accessist to the government of Upper Bavaria in December 1892 , and in December 1894 he was a district official in Neustadt an der Aisch . However, he soon switched to the foreign service of the Kingdom of Bavaria and on January 1, 1897, took up a position as envoy attaché at the legation in Paris . On December 1, 1903, he became Legation Secretary at the legation at the Italian court in Rome , and on January 1, 1906, Legation Councilor. In October 1906 he moved to the embassy in Berlin. From 1909 he was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in St. Petersburg , from January 1, 1911 in the rank of a Secret Legation Councilor, 2nd class, from November 1, 1913, as a Secret Legation Councilor, 1st class. After breaking off diplomatic relations at the beginning of August 1914, he returned to Bavaria. As a result of the illness of the Bavarian envoy in Dresden, he was assigned as envoy on an extraordinary mission to the embassy at the Saxon court in August 1916. Because of the abolition of the legations in Petersburg and Dresden, he retired on January 1, 1920.

literature

  • Walter Schärl: The composition of the Bavarian civil service from 1806 to 1918 (= Munich Historical Studies, Department of Bavarian History, Volume 1). Kallmünz Opf. 1955, p. 318
personal data
SURNAME Grunelius, Ernst von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grunelius, Ernst; Grunelius, Baron of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Rothof near Königshofen
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1943
Place of death Munich