Wolfram von Rotenhan
Wolfram von Rotenhan (born April 20, 1845 in Eyrichshof near Bamberg or Ansbach , † June 2, 1912 in Berlin ) was a German diplomat .
family
Freiherr Wolfram von Rotenhan came from the Frankish nobility of the Rotenhan family . He was the fifth of six children from the marriage of Julius Hermann Ernst von Rotenhan and Justine de Gentils.
Life
Wolfram studied law and in 1871 became an imperial district assessor in Hagenau in what was then the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and later a government assessor in Strasbourg . He then transferred to the diplomatic service of the empire and became legation secretary first in Bucharest and then at the Prussian embassy to the papal chair, in 1884/1885 first counselor in Paris and in 1886 Prussia. Envoy to Argentina . From 1890 to 1897 he succeeded Count Berchem as Undersecretary of State in the Foreign Office of the German Reich. From 1896 to 1897 he was also Prussian. Ambassador to Switzerland and from 1897 to 1908 Prussia. Ambassador to the Holy See . From 1909 to 1911 he was German Prime Minister in Tangier . Wolfram von Rotenhan was single and a legal knight of the Order of St. John .
literature
- Rotenhan . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 18, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 805.
- Rudolf Endres: Rotenhan. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 102 f. ( Digitized version ). (Family item).
- Franciscus Hanus: The Prussian Vatican embassy. 1747-1920. Pohl 1954, p. 390 ff.
- Tobias C. Bringmann : Handbook of Diplomacy. 1815-1963: Foreign Heads of Mission in Germany and German Heads of Mission Abroad From Metternich to Adenauer. Walter de Gruyter 2001
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Theodor von Holleben |
Ambassador of the German Reich in Buenos Aires 1885–1890 |
Friedrich Richard Krauel |
| Clemens Busch |
Ambassador to Switzerland 1896–1897 |
Alfred von Bülow |
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Minister to the Holy See 1897–1908 |
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| Hans Freiherr von Wangenheim |
Prime Minister in Morocco (Tangier) 1909–1911 |
Edwin Freiherr von Seckendorff |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Rotenhan, Wolfram von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rotenhan, Wolfram HJ Freiherr von; Rotenhan, Wolfram Baron |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bamberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2, 1912 |
| Place of death | Berlin |