Karl Nesselrode

For representatives of the family, see Nesselrode.
Karl von Nesselrode
Portrait of Count Nesselrode by Thomas Lawrence, 1818
Foreign Minister of the Russian Empire
In office
August 1816 – 15 April 1856
Serving with Ioannis Kapodistrias
(1816–1822)
Preceded byNikolay Rumyantsev
Succeeded byAlexander Gorchakov
Personal details
Born(1780-12-14)14 December 1780
Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Died23 March 1862(1862-03-23) (aged 81)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
SpouseMaria Guryeva
ChildrenElena von Nesselrode
Dimitri von Nesselrode
Marie von Nesselrode
Parent(s)Count Wilhelm Karl von Nesselrode (father)
Louise Gontard (mother)

Karl Robert Reichsgraf[1] von Nesselrode-Ehreshoven, also known as Charles de Nesselrode (Russian: Карл Васильевич Нессельроде, romanized: Karl Vasilyevich Nesselrode; 14 December 1780 – 23 March 1862), was a Russian diplomat of German noble descent. For 40 years (1816–1856), Nesselrode guided Russian policy as foreign minister. He was also a leading European conservative statesman of the Holy Alliance.

Coat of arms of the comital Nesselrode family of 1710, in the Baltic Coat of arms book by Carl Arvid von Klingspor in 1882.[2]
Coat of arms of the Gontard family, Hugenot family of Karl's mother, Louise Gontard (1746-1785)
  1. ^ Regarding personal names: Reichsgraf is a title, usually translated as 'Imperial Count', not a first or middle name. The female form is Reichsgräfin. Titles using the prefix Reichs- were not created after the fall of the Holy Roman Empire.
  2. ^ von Klingspor, Carl Arvid, ed. (1882). "Baltisches Wappenbuch : Wappen sämmtlicher der Ritterschaften von Livland, Estland, Kurland und Oesel zugehöriger Adelsgeschlechter | DIGAR". www.digar.ee (in Estonian). F & G Beijer.