Robert von der Goltz (diplomat)
Robert Heinrich Ludwig Graf von der Goltz (born June 6, 1817 in Paris , † June 24, 1869 in Charlottenburg ) was a Prussian diplomat and politician .
Life
Robert was a son of the Prussian lieutenant general and envoy in Paris Heinrich von der Goltz and his wife Julie, née Freiin von Seckendorff . After the death of his father, he grew up under the tutelage of the Obermarschall von Maltzahn .
After Goltz had been taught by private teachers in Berlin, he passed the school leaving certificate at the Friedrichs-Gymnasium in Breslau on September 3, 1834 . He studied law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and the Schlesische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität . There he became a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn (1835) and Borussia Breslau (1839). At the beginning of August 1937 he passed the first legal examination at the Berlin Superior Court. After graduating, he went on extensive trips.
In Prussia's internal administration, he took an active part in the German Revolution of 1848/49 . He also joined the moderate-liberal party during the reaction period. In 1852 he was elected to the Prussian House of Representatives for the Düsseldorf 3 constituency. In 1854 he resigned from office in order to be able to go to Athens as Prime Minister . He was envoy to the court of the Greek crown (1857) and to the court of the Ottomans (1859) in Constantinople .
In 1862 he was Otto von Bismarck's successor in Saint Petersburg , in 1863 in Paris, where he was first ambassador for Prussia until his death and then from January 1868 to the North German Confederation . He was at the court of Napoleon III. very popular, and his pro-Prussian attitude was undoubtedly due to Goltz '. He died in Charlottenburg at the age of 52 after undergoing tongue cancer surgery in Paris. He was buried in the family's mausoleum on Luisenfriedhof II .
literature
- Felix Bamberg : Goltz, Robert Graf von der . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, pp. 358-360.
- Stolberg-Wernigerode, Otto Graf on: Goltz, Robert Graf von der , in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 6 (1964), pp. 632–634 [online version]; URL: https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd118696327.html#ndbcontent
- Otto Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode : Robert Heinrich Graf von der Goltz. Ambassador to Paris 1863–1869. Stalling, Oldenburg i. O. [ua] 1941 (German historical sources of the 19th century, 34).
Web links
- Honorary grave Luisenfriedhof
- Family tree von der Goltz ( Memento from August 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Entry In: Gerhard Köbler : Who was who in German law (online version)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 11 , 206; 18 , 290.
- ↑ R. v. der Goltz: Ideas about the reorganization of the German Confederation and the German state constitutions, along with a sketch for a constitutional document for the German Confederation. 1848.
- ↑ Bernd Haunfelder : Biographical Handbook for the Prussian House of Representatives 1849-1867. (= Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 5). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5181-5 , p. 110.
- ^ Tobias C. Bringmann : Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815-1963: Foreign Heads of Mission in Germany and German Heads of Mission abroad from Metternich to Adenauer . Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 2001.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Hermann von Thile |
royal Prussian envoy in Athens 1855-1859 |
Georg von Werthern |
Louis von Wildenbruch |
royal Prussian envoy to Constantinople 1859–1862 |
Joseph Maria Anton Brassier de Saint-Simon-Vallade |
Otto von Bismarck |
royal Prussian envoy to Saint Petersburg 1862–1863 |
Heinrich Alexander von Redern |
Otto von Bismarck |
royal Prussian envoy in Paris 1863–1869 |
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Goltz, Robert von der |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goltz, Robert Heinrich Ludwig Graf von der (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian diplomat and politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1817 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 1869 |
Place of death | Charlottenburg |