Victor zu Erbach-Schönberg

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Victor Sergej Heinrich Bruno Karl Prinz zu Erbach-Schönberg, in literature also Viktor and Sergius (born September 26, 1880 in König , † April 27, 1967 in Munich ) was a German diplomat and member of the Erbach family .

Life

family

Victor zu Erbach-Schönberg was the son of Gustav Ernst zu Erbach-Schönberg and his wife Princess Marie Karoline von Battenberg . Victor zu Erbach-Schönberg, who was a Protestant denomination, married Countess Széchényi, Countess Széchényi zu Sárvár-Felsővidék (born February 6, 1888, † January 7, 1977 in Munich) in Somogyvár (probably in Széchenyi Castle ) on November 9, 1909 , who Daughter of Count Emmerich Széchényi zu Sárvár-Felsővidék (1858–1905) and his wife Maria.

Career

Victor zu Erbach-Schönberg did military service in the Prussian army from 1901 to 1909 and then became a diplomat. He was employed at the embassy in Vienna from 1914 to 1921 and had been in the diplomatic service from 1915. In 1917 he became secretary of the legation . From 1921 to 1923 he was acting counselor at the Kristiania legation . From 1923 to 1926 he worked as counselor at the embassy in Madrid and from 1926 to 1931 as counselor at the Stockholm embassy . From 1931 to 1936 he was reassigned to Vienna as counselor and from 1936 to 1941 he was envoy to the German embassy in Athens , where he succeeded Ernst Eisenlohr .

politics

From 1911 to 1917 he represented his brother Alexander zu Erbach-Schönberg in the First Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . The representation ended on September 3, 1917. With the November Revolution 1918, the privileges of the nobility were abolished.

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , p. 294.
  • Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , pp. 121-122.

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personal data
SURNAME Erbach-Schönberg, Victor zu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prince of Erbach-Schönberg, Victor Sergej Heinrich Bruno Karl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat and nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH king
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1967
Place of death Munich