Maximilian von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg

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M. le Comte de Hatzfeldt Envoyé extraordinaire (et) Ministre () plénipotentiaire à Paris Plénipotentiaire de Prusse.jpg
Maximilian von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg (third from left, standing in the back row), photograph from 1856 during the Paris Congress
Signature of Maximilian von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg (1856)
Maximilian von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg (right) with the Prussian Prime Minister Otto Theodor von Manteuffel (1854)

Maximilian Friedrich Karl Franz Graf von Hatzfeld-Trachenberg (* 7. June 1813 in Berlin , † 19th January 1859 ibid ) was a Royal Prussian diplomat and ambassador . Since 1849 Hatzfeldt was the extraordinary envoy and plenipotentiary minister of Prussia in Paris .

Life

family

Maximilian Friedrich Karl Franz Graf von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg was born as the son of Franz Ludwig von Hatzfeldt . His father was a Prussian lieutenant general , governor of Berlin and ambassador extraordinary. In August 1803 he received the Prussian prince status in Primogenitur as Prince von Hatzfeldt zu Trachenberg . On December 1, 1799, in Berlin, he married Countess Friederike Karoline von der Schulenburg (* May 6, 1779 in Kehnert ; † December 12, 1832 in Berlin), a daughter of the Prussian minister at the General Directorate and the Upper War College Friedrich Wilhelm von der Schulenburg- Kehnert .

The marriage resulted in six children, four daughters and two sons. Maximilian was the couple's second son and youngest child. His older brother Hermann Anton von Hatzfeldt inherited the Principality of Teschenberg. Of his sisters, Helene von Hatzfeldt (1801–1838) married the Prussian district administrator Maximilian von Loë in 1827 , Klara Luise Auguste von Hatzfeldt (1807–1858) married the Prussian cavalry general August Ludwig von Nostitz in 1829 and Hermine Maximiliane von Hatzfeldt (1809 –1889) the Prussian politician Engelbert von Landsberg-Velen and Steinfurt .

The second-born Sophie von Hatzfeldt married her brutal and violent cousin Edmund von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg-Weisweiler in 1822. The marriage ended in divorce in 1854. Sophie von Hatzfeldt was supported by the workers' leader Ferdinand Lassalle , with whom she later had a relationship for a while.

Professional background

Hatzfeldt embarked on a diplomatic career early on. In 1838 he was promoted to the Prussian Legation Secretary in Paris and in 1847 to the Legation Councilor . From the spring of 1848 he led the business of the Prussian legation in Paris on an interim basis . In May 1849 he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the President of the French Republic, Louis Napoleon.

After the restoration of the French Empire in November 1852, the Prussian government initially hesitated to recognize Louis Napoleon as Emperor Napoleon III . Only after the Prussian Prime Minister Otto Theodor von Manteuffel had expressed satisfaction in a note addressed to him on December 28, 1852 about the peaceful intentions of the French government, Hatzfeldt was appointed as envoy to Emperor Napoleon III on January 1, 1853. accredited and received the rank and title of Real Secret Council .

Due to the Prussian neutrality during the Crimean War , Hatzfeldt's work in Paris was difficult. Prussia was only invited to the Paris Congress, which had been in session since February 1856, the peace negotiations to end the Crimean War, on March 10, 1856. Since March 17, 1856, Hatzfeldt took part in the negotiations together with the Prussian Prime Minister Otto Theodor von Manteuffel. Both were co-signers of the Paris Peace Treaty of March 30, 1856 .

Shortly after the peace treaty was signed, Hatzfeldt received the Order of the Red Eagle 1st Class with Oak Leaves. He died on January 19, 1859, at the age of 45, during a short vacation in Berlin of a lung disease. The funeral took place in the Catholic Hedwig Church in Berlin, at which the Prussian Prince Regent Wilhelm I was also present. The funeral took place on February 10th in Trachenberg , the family seat of the Hatzfeldts in Silesia .

Marriage and offspring

Maximilian von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg married Countess Rachel Elisabeth Pauline de Castellane on June 20, 1844 in Paris (* July 6, 1823 in Paris; † March 9, 1895 in Berlin). She was the daughter of the commandant of Lyon and Marshal of France Boniface de Castellane . The couple had five children, two sons and three daughters.

Daughter Helene Countess of Hatzfeld-Trachenberg (born July 11, 1847, Paris; † February 12, 1931 in Nice ) married on 11 June 1870 in Sagan Prussian Marshal Georg von Kanitz and her younger sister Louise Countess von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg (* January 7, 1852 in Paris; † March 3, 1909 in Sanremo ) on August 7, 1872 in Sagan the Prussian diplomat and politician Bernhard von Welczeck .

Honors

For his services Maximilian von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg received, in addition to the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle, the Honor Cross 1st Class of the Order of Hohenzollern , the Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Baden Order of the Zähringer Löwen , the Papal Order of Gregorius 1st Class and the Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Sicilian Franz Order .

Hatzfeldt was a Grand Officer of the French Legion of Honor and a Knight of the Order of Malta .

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predecessor Office successor
Heinrich Alexander von Arnim Prussian envoy in Paris
1849-1859 		Albert of Pourtalès
personal data
SURNAME Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg, Maximilian von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg, Maximilian Friedrich Karl Franz Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian diplomat and envoy
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1859
Place of death Berlin