Hippolytus von Bray-Steinburg

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Hippolyt Graf von Bray-Steinburg (born August 18, 1842 in Athens , † March 7, 1913 in Munich ) was a German diplomat from the Bray family .

Life

Hippolyt von Bray-Steinburg was a son of Otto von Bray-Steinburg and his wife Hippolyta, nee Dentice (1820-1882) from the house of Principi di Frasso. He attended the Pagerie in Munich from 1857 to 1862 , then studied at the University of Bonn after graduating from high school and was a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn from 1863 .

After his internship at the regional court in Straubing and Passau, Bray-Steinburg became a legation attaché in London in 1867 and then in Berlin. From August 17 to December 17, 1870 he was the Bavarian chargé d'affaires in Saint Petersburg and entered service in the Reich in 1871. In 1872 he worked as secretary of the legation in Constantinople , a year later he became secretary of the embassy in Vienna and in 1875 he was secretary of the legation in Stockholm. From 1876 Bray-Steinburg was active in Belgrade . First as Consul General, from 1880 to 1886 as Minister Resident and then as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. This was followed by uses in the same capacity from 1891 to 1894 in Lisbon , from 1894 to 1897 in Stockholm and from 1897 to 1899 in Bucharest .

In 1911 he became an honorary citizen of Irlbach . Bray-Steinburg was Real Privy Councilor with the predicate excellence , chamberlain, Knight of Honor of the Order of Malta and from 1899 until his death hereditary Reichsrat in the First Chamber of the Bavarian Estates Assembly .

Bray-Steinburg had married Anna von Medem (1848-1922) on May 6, 1871 in Dresden . The marriage resulted in three sons and two daughters.

literature

  • Otto von Waldenfels : The noble boys of the electoral and royal Bavarian pagerie from 1799-1918. Munich 1959, pp. 116-117.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910 , 19 , 408.
  2. ↑ Series of publications on Bavarian regional history, Volume 67, Bavarian Academy of Sciences. Commission for Bavarian State History, CH Beck, 1956, p. 210
  3. ↑ Irlbach: [1]
  4. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 9 , 502.
predecessor Office successor
Johann Anton von Saurma-Jeltsch Ambassador of the German Empire in Belgrade
1876–1891 		Ludwig von Wäcker-Gotter
Ludwig von Wäcker-Gotter Ambassador of the German Empire in Lisbon
1891–1894 		Eduard von Derenthall
Karl von Wedel Ambassador of the German Empire in Stockholm
1894–1897 		Nikolaus von Wallwitz
Casimir of Leyden Ambassador of the German Reich in Bucharest
1897–1899 		Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter
personal data
SURNAME Bray-Steinburg, Hippolyt von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bray-Steinburg, Hippolyt Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Athens
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1913
Place of death Munich