Rudolf von Lützow
Rudolf von Lützow (born July 4, 1780 in Salzburg , † October 28, 1858 in Monza) was an Austrian statesman.
Life
Rudolf von Lützow came from the Lützow family . His father was the Austrian general Johann Gottfried von Lützow (1742–1822), his mother his second wife Antonia geb. Countess Czernin von und zu Chudenitz (1750–1801). His uncle, Prince Archbishop of Salzburg, Hieronymus von Colloredo , promoted first a military and then a spiritual profession from 1790, and from 1804 he embarked on a diplomatic career. After professional positions in Regensburg , Stuttgart and Munich , he became ambassador in Denmark from October 9, 1812 , then until 1826 in the same position in Württemberg , at the Hohen Pforte and in Sardinia-Piedmont .
From 1826 Rudolf von Lützow was the Austrian envoy to the Holy See in Rome for over 20 years . As a result of the national and civil revolutions of 1848 , the now 68-year-old retired and returned to Austria.
Lützow was married twice and left two sons.
Honors and memberships
- Privy Councilor (1821)
- Honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (1836)
- Grand Cross of the OK Leopold Order
- Grand Cross of the Order of St. Stephen
- Grand Cross of the Order of Gregory
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Lützow, Rudolph Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 16th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1867, pp. 148–150 ( digitized version ).
- [Editor]: Lützow, von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 489 f. ( Digitized version ). - family items
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erwin Matsch: The Foreign Service of Austria (-Hungary) 1720-1920 . Böhlau Verlag , Vienna 1986 ( online ).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Franz Binder von Krieglstein |
Austrian envoy in Copenhagen 1812–1815 |
August Ernst von Steigentesch |
| vacant |
Austrian envoy in Stuttgart 1815-1818 |
Franz Joseph Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff |
| Ignaz Lorenz from striker |
Austrian ambassador to Constantinople 1818–1822 |
Franz von Ottenfels-Gschwind |
| Franz Binder von Krieglstein |
Austrian envoy in Turin 1823–1826 |
Ludwig Senfft from Pilsach |
| Anton of Apponyi |
Austrian ambassador in Rome 1826–1848 |
vacant |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lützow, Rudolf von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1780 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1858 |
| Place of death | Monza |