János from Pallavicini

János Margrave von Pallavicini (born March 18, 1848 in Padua , † May 4, 1941 in Pusztaradvány ) was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat before and during the First World War .

Marquis Johann von Pallavicini

Life

Alfred Pallavicinis's nephew joined the diplomatic service in 1874 after studying in Ödenburg and Vienna . Between 1874 and 1887 he worked as an attaché in Berlin , Paris and London . Then he moved to Belgrade as a secretary . Further positions followed at the representations in Munich and Saint Petersburg before Pallavicini was appointed ambassador to Constantinople . He held this post from 1906 to 1918. In 1908 he was one of the few to speak out against the annexation of Bosnia . Historians, however, are critical of his attitude towards the genocide of the Armenians . You accuse Pallavicini of having - although he recognized the problem early on - not made his concerns sufficiently clear.

In 1911 he represented Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal, who was ill, as Foreign Minister, but in April 1917 he turned down Charles I's offer to take over the post of Foreign Minister. At the beginning of the First World War , Pallavicini successfully campaigned for Turkey to join the war on the side of Austria-Hungary . He was a member of the Magnate House and received the Grand Cross of the ku St. Stephen's Order in 1926 .

literature

Z. Szasz: Pallavicini János Margrave of. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 303.
Erich Würl: The activity of the Margrave Pallavicini in Constantinople 1906–1914. Unprinted dissertation, Vienna 1951.
Pallavicini (PDF; 1.7 MB) Family history

Individual evidence

^ Godsey, Wiliam D .: Aristocratic Redoubt: The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office on the Eve of the First World War , Purdue University Press, West Lafayette 1999, ISBN 1-557-53140-4 , p. 202
↑ Bloxham, Donald: The Great Game of Genocide: Imperialism, Nationalism, and the Destruction of the Ottoman Armenians , Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005, ISBN 0-19-927356-1 , p. 125
^ 'Inside Story of a Big Upset at the Austrian Court, New York Times March 19, 1911

personal data
SURNAME	Pallavicini, János of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pallavicini, János Margrave of (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austro-Hungarian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	March 18, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH	Padua
DATE OF DEATH	May 4, 1941
Place of death	Pusztaradvány

[1] Godsey, Wiliam D .: Aristocratic Redoubt: The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office on the Eve of the First World War , Purdue University Press, West Lafayette 1999, ISBN 1-557-53140-4 , p. 202

[2] Bloxham, Donald: The Great Game of Genocide: Imperialism, Nationalism, and the Destruction of the Ottoman Armenians , Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005, ISBN 0-19-927356-1 , p. 125

[3] 'Inside Story of a Big Upset at the Austrian Court, New York Times March 19, 1911