Joseph Ignaz von Beroldingen

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Joseph Ignaz Graf von Beroldingen (born November 27, 1780 in Ellwangen , † January 24, 1868 in Stuttgart ) was a German officer and diplomat in the service of the King of Württemberg .

Life

Joseph Ignaz von Beroldingen was raised by his uncle, the Catholic canon Joseph Anton Siegmund von Beroldingen (1738–1816), in Speyer , Hildesheim and Vienna . In Vienna he took up law studies, but then went to the Austrian military without an academic degree. In 1803 he joined the Württemberg Army and rose there in the course of the coalition wars to major general . He participated in the Russian campaign as a Württemberg liaison officer at Napoleon's headquarters . During the Wars of Liberation Beroldingen acted as Württemberg's Plenipotentiary General at the headquarters of the coalition against France.

From 1814 to 1816 Beroldingen was the Württemberg ambassador in London . From 1816 to 1824 he performed this service at the Russian court in St. Petersburg . On October 2, 1823, he succeeded Count Heinrich Levin von Wintzingerode as Württemberg Foreign Minister. So he was from October 2, 1823 to March 6, 1848 member of the Privy Council . From 1829 until his death Beroldingen was also an appointed member of the First Chamber of the Estates . During his tenure as Foreign Minister Beroldingen mainly maintained relations with the southern German states, in particular with the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Empire of Austria . He followed the guidelines of Metternich's policy , even if the whole severity of the policy was softened in the Kingdom of Württemberg . Here Beroldingen sought a policy aimed at internal consolidation and economic promotion in order to bring together the historically and culturally diverse areas of Old and New Württemberg into a single state. In 1828 the customs union between the kingdoms of Bavaria and Württemberg was concluded. Beroldingen also led the negotiations to join the German Customs Union in 1834 . He largely stayed out of the conflicts between the Württemberg government and the liberal opposition in the state estates. That is why he was initially able to maintain his position in the March Ministry under the direction of Justice Minister Friedrich von Römer , but then retired in 1848. His domicile in Stuttgart remained a preferred meeting place for the Württemberg elites and the diplomats accredited at the court in Stuttgart until his death.

Beroldingen was a Knight of the Sovereign Order of Malta .

family

Joseph Ignaz von Beroldingen was the son of the princely Ellwangian official and later Württemberg diplomat Paul Joseph von Beroldingen (1754–1831) and Maria Josephine (1756–1801), daughter of the princely Ellwangian court marshal Baron von Schwarzach. The Beroldingen family came from a family that has been traceable in Switzerland since the 12th century and had its ancestral castle on the Seelisberg near Altdorf in the canton of Uri . In 1521 the family was enrolled in the imperial nobility, in 1623 in the baron status and in 1800 in the count status.

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  1. ↑ Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1858. P. 56.
  2. ↑ Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1858. p. 32.
  3. ↑ Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1858. P. 61.
  4. ↑ awarded on March 9, 1834, see State Handbook of the Grand Duchy of Saxony Weimar-Eisenach for the year 1840 , Weimar 1840, p. 10
  5. ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Grand Duchy of Baden 1847. P. 52.
predecessor Office successor
Heinrich Karl Friedrich Levin von Wintzingerode Head of the Württemberg Ministry (Department) of Foreign Affairs
1823–1848 		Karl von Roser
personal data
SURNAME Beroldingen, Joseph Ignaz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beroldingen, Joseph Ignaz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH Ellwangen
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1868
Place of death Stuttgart