Leopold Berchtold

Leopold Berchtold
Count von Berchtold
Joint Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary
In office
17 February 1912 – 13 January 1915
Preceded byAlois Graf Lexa von Aehrenthal
Succeeded byStephan Freiherr Burián von Rajecz
Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Russia
In office
28 December 1906 – 25 March 1911
Preceded byAlois Graf Lexa von Aehrenthal
Succeeded byDuglas Graf von Thurn und Valsássina-Como-Vercelli
Personal details
Born(1863-04-18)18 April 1863
Vienna, Lower Austria, Archduchy of Austria, Austrian Empire
Died21 November 1942(1942-11-21) (aged 79)
Peresznye, Sopron County, Kingdom of Hungary
Spouse
Countess Ferdinanda Károlyi de Nagykároly
(m. 1893)

Leopold Anton Johann Sigismund Josef Korsinus Ferdinand Graf[a] Berchtold von und zu Ungarschitz, Frättling und Püllütz (Hungarian: Gróf Berchtold Lipót, Czech: Leopold hrabě Berchtold z Uherčic) (18 April 1863 – 21 November 1942)[1] was an Austro-Hungarian politician, diplomat and statesman who served as Imperial Foreign Minister at the outbreak of World War I.


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