Hermann Ludwig von Balan

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Hermann Ludwig von Balan

Hermann Ludwig Balan , from 1859 von Balan , (born March 7, 1812 in Berlin , † March 16, 1874 in Brussels ) was a German diplomat and State Secretary in the Foreign Office of the German Empire . He was raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility on April 7, 1859.

origin

His parents were the Prussian diplomat Joseph Wilhelm Balan (* October 30, 1777; † February 20, 1834) and his wife Wilhelmine von Lecoq (* July 9, 1788; † August 15, 1853).

Diplomatic career

From 1829 to 1832 he studied law at the University of Berlin and the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . After a short time as a trainee lawyer in the Prussian judicial service, he joined the Prussian diplomatic service in 1833 .

Between 1837 and 1841 he was legation secretary in Brussels . He then worked as an unskilled worker in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before becoming a councilor in 1842 . As such, he joined the lawless society in Berlin in 1843, like many aristocrats of his time . In 1845 he was appointed consul general in Warsaw . In 1846 he became resident of the then free city of Frankfurt am Main . In 1848 he was appointed chargé d' affaires in Darmstadt .

In 1851 he was appointed lecturer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As such he was from 1854 head of the first department and chairman of the diplomatic examination commission. In 1858 he was appointed envoy and plenipotentiary minister in Stuttgart for almost a year . In 1859 he was raised to the nobility .

He was then the Prussian envoy in Copenhagen between 1859 and 1864 . In this function he was a participant in the London Conference and in the negotiations of the Peace of Vienna on October 30, 1864, which ended the German-Danish War .

From 1864 to January 1, 1871 he was Extraordinary Minister Plenipotentiary ( Ambassador ) in Brussels .

State Secretary of the Foreign Office

After the establishment of the German Empire on January 1, 1871, he remained as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Brussels.

On October 3, 1872, he was recalled to Berlin , where he succeeded Hermann von Thile as acting State Secretary in the Foreign Office . Less than a year later, on October 9, 1873, Bernhard Ernst von Bülow succeeded him in this office. At that time he was appointed a member of the Prussian manor house and thus took an active part in the constitutional development of Prussia in the liberal sense.

After his departure, he returned to his ambassadorial post in Brussels, where he died a few months later.

family

On March 29, 1846, he married Emilie Auguste Cäcilie Therese von Sybel (born June 13, 1825, † June 24, 1896) from Düsseldorf, a daughter of the politician Heinrich Ferdinand Philipp von Sybel . The couple had the following children:

  • Mathilde Anna Elisabeth Amalie (born June 21, 1847 - † October 9, 1907)
⚭ January 8, 1870 Robert von der Heydt (1837–1877)
⚭ July 5, 1880 Adolf von Bülow (General, 1837)

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SURNAME Balan, Hermann Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Balan, Hermann Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat, State Secretary of the German Empire
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1874
Place of death Brussels