Frederic von Rosenberg
Frederic "Hans" von Rosenberg (born December 26, 1874 in Berlin ; † July 30, 1937 in Fürstenzell ) was a German diplomat and politician. From 1922 to 1923 he was Reich Foreign Minister under Reich Chancellor Wilhelm Cuno .
Life
Rosenberg was a son of Major General Johann von Rosenberg (1844–1913). He attended the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Berlin, the city school in Wismar, the Grand Ducal Gymnasium in Neustrelitz and the Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Königsberg. After graduating from high school, he studied law and camera science in Bonn , Geneva and Berlin . In Bonn he became a member of the Corps Borussia . He later worked as a diplomat in Antwerp and Berlin. He was a member of the German delegation and co-signer of the Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty . From 1918 to 1919 he headed the political department in the Foreign Office , was German envoy in Vienna from 1920 to 1921 and German envoy in Copenhagen from 1921 to 1922 .
On November 22, 1922 he was appointed Reich Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Cuno Reich Government. In a speech to the Reichstag he signaled on April 16, 1923, the German willingness to resume because of the occupation of the Ruhr set reparations .
With the resignation of the Reich Cabinet, he resigned from the Reich government in August 1923 and became envoy in Stockholm in 1924 . From 1933 to 1935 he was ambassador to Ankara .
He married Marie Luise Henriette Theremin (* 1880, † 1958) in Kassel on November 5, 1900 , a daughter of Lieutenant General Charles Philipp Theremin . The couple had one son and four daughters.
literature
- Maria Keipert (Red.): Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871–1945. Published by the Foreign Office, Historical Service. Volume 3: Gerhard Keiper, Martin Kröger: L – R. Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-506-71842-6 .
- Frederic von Rosenberg. Correspondence and files of the German diplomat and foreign minister 1913-1937 . Edited by Winfried Becker. German historical sources of the 19th and 20th centuries, Volume 66. Edited by the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences by Klaus Hildebrand and Gerrit Walther. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-486-70103-6 .
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Winfried Becker : Frederic von Rosenberg (1874-1937). Diplomat from the late Empire to the Third Reich, Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic . Series of publications by the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Volume 83. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011. ISBN 978-3-525-36076-7 .
- as an e-book: ISBN 978-3-647-36076-8 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Frederic von Rosenberg in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
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Wilhelm Cuno (Imperial Chancellor, independent) | Frederic von Rosenberg (independent) | Rudolf Oeser (DDP) | Rudolf Heinze (DVP) | Andreas Hermes (center) | Johann Becker (DVP) | Karl Müller (center) | Hans Luther (independent) | Heinrich Brauns (center) | Otto Gessler (DDP) | Wilhelm Groener (independent) | Karl Stingl (BVP) | Heinrich Albert (independent)
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| SURNAME | Rosenberg, Frederic von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rosenberg, Friedrich von; Rosenberg, Frederic Hans von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician and foreign minister (1922 to 1923) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 30, 1937 |
| Place of death | Fürstenzell |