List of Austrian ambassadors in Italy

This is a list of the Austrian ambassadors to the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) and the Italian Republic (since 1946). The Austrian Embassy opposite the Quirinal has been located in Via Pergolesi Giovanni Battista 3–7 since 1929.

Heads of mission

Note: The ambassadors in Italy today are not to be confused with the ambassadors to the Holy See (and the historic Papal States) .

image	Name / life dates	appointment	Recall	Appointed by the Kaiser / Federal Chancellor	Accredited while Prime Minister	Remarks
1866: Establishment of diplomatic relations
	Alois Kübau von Kübeck 1787–1855	Dec 16, 1866	December 20, 1871	Franz Joseph I.	Marco Minghetti	ambassador
1867: Reconstitution as Austria-Hungary
	Alois Kübau from Kübeck	Dec 16, 1866	December 20, 1871		Marco Minghetti
	Felix von Wimpffen 1827–1882	December 20, 1871	July 5, 1876		Urbano Rattazzi
	Heinrich Karl von Haymerle	Jan. 14, 1877	Oct 8, 1879		Agostino Depretis
	Felix von Wimpffen	Dec 8, 1879	May 5, 1882		Benedetto Cairoli
	Emanuel von Ludolf 1823–1898	May 25, 1882	Nov 9, 1886		Agostino Depretis
	Karl Ludwig von Bruck	Dec 7, 1886	Oct 7, 1895		Agostino Depretis
	Marius Pasetti-Angeli von Friedenburg 1841–1913	Oct 7, 1895	March 7, 1904		Francesco Crispi
	Heinrich von Lützow	March 7, 1904	March 4, 1910		Giovanni Giolitti
	Kajetan Mérey	March 4, 1910	May 23, 1915		Luigi Luzzatti
1915: Relationship is broken off as a result of the First World War
1919: Establishment of diplomatic relations
	Rémy Kwiatkowsky	March 13, 1921			Envoy
	Lothar Egger-Möllwald 1875–1941			Envoy
	Anton Rintelen	Sep 1 1933	July 25, 1934	Engelbert Dollfuss	Benito Mussolini	Envoy
	Alois Vollgruber	1934	1936	Engelbert Dollfuss	Benito Mussolini	Envoy
	Egon Berger-Waldenegg	1936	1938	Kurt Schuschnigg	Benito Mussolini	Envoy
1938 to 1945: Interruption of relations due to the annexation of Austria to the German Reich
1946: Establishment of diplomatic relations
	Adrian Rotter	1946	1947	Leopold Figl	Ferruccio Parri
	Johannes Schwarzenberg	1947	1955	Leopold Figl	Ferruccio Parri
	Max Loewenthal-Chlumecky	1955	1972	Julius Raab	Antonio Segni
	Heribert Tschofen 1934–1987	1972	1974	Bruno Kreisky	Giulio Andreotti
	Rudolf Ender * 1948	1974	1976	Bruno Kreisky	Aldo Moro
	Georg Schlumberger	1977	1978	Bruno Kreisky	Aldo Moro
	Heinz Laube	1979	1982	Bruno Kreisky	Aldo Moro
	Friedrich Frölichsthal	1982	1991	Fred Sinowatz	Bettino Craxi
	Emil Staffelmayr	1991	1997	Franz Vranitzky	Giulio Andreotti
	Günter Birbaum	1997	2001	Viktor Klima	Romano Prodi
	Alfons M. Kloss	2001	2007	Wolfgang bowl	Silvio Berlusconi
	Christian Berlakovits	2008	2013	Werner Faymann	Silvio Berlusconi
	Gerda Vogl	2013	Werner Faymann	Mario Monti	Chargé d'affaires
	René Pollitzer * 1955	Apr. 2015

Envoys in Italian states before 1861

Italy around 1796

Italy around 1843

In the following Habsburg and Austrian ambassadors in the Italian states before the unification of Italy (1861). In the Cisalpine Republic , Baron Sigismund von Moll (1759-1826) headed the Austrian legation from May 4, 1802 to April 23, 1805. Napoleon Bonaparte founded the Kingdom of Italy (1805-1814) as the successor to the Cisalpine Republic , took over the presidency and on May 26, 1814 crowned himself King of the Italians. On April 23, 1814, Eugène de Beauharnais surrendered to Austrian troops, which then occupied Veneto and Lombardy. The Kingdom of Lombardy-Veneto was awarded to the Habsburg Monarchy by the Vienna Congress Act .

Envoys in Genoa

Habsburg and Austrian ambassadors in the Republic of Genoa , from 1797 Ligurian Republic (until 1805)

1704: Establishment of diplomatic relations

1721-1722: Antonio Ildaris
1726–1741: Giovanni Guicciardi
1766–1766: Jacopo di Durazzo
1794-1797: Giovanni di Girolamo, chargé
1803–1805: Peter von Giusti

Envoy in Modena

Habsburg and Austrian ambassadors in the Duchy of Modena , plus accredited in the Duchy of Parma .

1815–1816: Ferdinando Marescalchi (1754–1816)
1821–1848: looked after by the embassy in Florence
1848–1852: Giovanni di Allegri
1852-1854: Carl von Lederer (1817-1890), chargé
1854–1857: Eduard von Lebzeltern-Collenbach (1812–)
1857–1859: Ludwig von Paar (1817–1893)

Envoy in Naples

Habsburg and Austrian ambassadors in the Kingdom of Naples , from 1815 Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Naples-Sicily)

1751: Establishment of diplomatic relations

Envoy in Sardinia-Piedmont

Habsburg and Austrian ambassadors in the Duchy of Savoy-Piedmont , from 1720 Kingdom of Sardinia (Sardinia-Piedmont)

1705: Establishment of diplomatic relations

Envoys in Tuscany

Habsburg and Austrian ambassadors in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany

Envoy in Venice

Habsburg and Austrian ambassadors in the Republic of Venice (until 1797)

1494: Establishment of diplomatic relations

Web links

Austrian Embassy in Italy , Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (BMeiA)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Rudolf Agstner : Handbook of the Austrian Foreign Service. Volume 1: 1918-1938 . LIT Verlag, Münster 2015 ISBN 3-643-50685-6
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Erwin Matsch: The Foreign Service of Austria (-Hungary) 1720-1920 . Böhlau, Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-205-07269-3
↑ cf. Harm-Hinrich Brandt : Kübeck von Kübau, Carl Friedrich Freiherr. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , pp. 169-171 ( digitized version ).
↑ cf. GND
↑ Alois Vollgruber in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
↑ cf. AEIOU

[Agstner-1] Rudolf Agstner : Handbook of the Austrian Foreign Service. Volume 1: 1918-1938 . LIT Verlag, Münster 2015 ISBN 3-643-50685-6

[Matsch-2] Erwin Matsch: The Foreign Service of Austria (-Hungary) 1720-1920 . Böhlau, Vienna 1986, ISBN 3-205-07269-3

[3] . Harm-Hinrich Brandt : Kübeck von Kübau, Carl Friedrich Freiherr. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , pp. 169-171 ( digitized version ).

[4] . GND

[5] Alois Vollgruber in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)

[6] . AEIOU