Guido von Usedom (diplomat)

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Karl Georg Ludwig Guido (count since 1862) von Usedom (born July 17, 1805 in Hechingen ; † January 22, 1884 in San Remo ) was a Prussian diplomat .

Life

Kartzitz Castle around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

Usedom's mother Carolina Wilhelmina Friderika Amalia von Usedom died in childbed one day after his birth. Up to the age of 6 he was raised by his maternal grandparents, Heer vd Burg, in Hechingen and then spent his youth with his father on Rügen (Kartzitz), his grandmother Marie Karoline Sophie v. Usedom born v. Lancken took over the education.

Later he went to the Schulpforta boarding school . He studied law at the Royal University of Greifswald , the Georg-August University of Göttingen and the Friedrich Wilhelms University of Berlin . In Göttingen he became a member of the Corps Borussia in 1828 . Usedom entered the Prussian civil service in 1830 and, after long journeys, became legation secretary in Rome in 1835 . In 1838 he was a lecturer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in 1844 of the Interior, in 1846 envoy in Rome and in 1848 in Frankfurt am Main . He concluded the Peace of Berlin (1850) and was again envoy to Rome from 1851 to 1854. In 1858 he was Otto von Bismarck's successor as Minister of the Bundestag in Frankfurt.

1863 he was sent to survey the Count ambassador to Victor Emmanuel II. (Italy) , participated in 1866 in the negotiations prominent part and wrote the 1868 by Alfonso La Marmora published "push-to-Heart dispatch" , in 1869 because of a difference with Bismarck recalled, provisionally appointed General Director of the Royal Museums in Berlin in 1872, but withdrew in 1879.

MP

Usedom was a member of the First Chamber of the Prussian Landtag from 1849 to 1852 . In 1850 he belonged to the Volkshaus of the Erfurt Union Parliament . From 1859 to 1860 he sat as a member of the Stralsund constituency in the Prussian House of Representatives , where he belonged to the Mathis faction . From 1860 until his death in 1884 he belonged to the Prussian manor house .

family

His first marriage was Luise Fischer († 1846) and his second marriage on August 8, 1849, was Olympia Malcolm (born December 10, 1811, † October 1886 in Munich), the daughter of the British Lieutenant General John Malcolm , former governor of Bombay. The couple had a daughter:

  • Hildegarde Charlotte (born November 22, 1852; † 1924)

Works

  • His most important work: Letters and Characteristics from the German Present , Berlin 1849.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corps lists 1910, 61 , 8.
  2. ^ Image of the tombstone
predecessor Office successor
Ludwig August von Buch royal Prussian envoy in Rome
1845–1854 		Hermann von Thile
Otto von Bismarck royal Prussian envoy in Frankfurt am Main
1858–1863 		Rudolf von Sydow
Joseph Maria Anton Brassier de Saint-Simon-Vallade royal Prussian envoy in Florence
1863–1869 		Joseph Maria Anton Brassier de Saint-Simon-Vallade
from 1869 envoy of the North German Confederation
personal data
SURNAME Usedom, Guido von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Usedom, Karl Georg Ludwig Guido Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Hechingen
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1884
Place of death Sanremo