Summary
Count Joachim Karl Ludwig Mortimer von Maltzan (or Maltzahn), Freiherr von Wartenberg und Penzlin (15 April 1793 – 9 August 1843) was a Prussian diplomat and Foreign Minister from 1841 to 1842.
Mortimer von Maltzan | |
|---|---|
| Foreign minister of Prussia | |
| In office 30 August 1841 – 21 March 1842 | |
| Monarch | Frederick William IV |
| Preceded by | Heinrich Wilhelm von Werther |
| Succeeded by | Heinrich von Bülow |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 April 1793 Lissa Castle in Leśnica, Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Died | 8 August 1843 (aged 50) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Spouse | Countess Auguste von der Goltz |
| Children | 2 |
Early life edit
Maltzan was born on 15 April 1793 at Lissa Castle in Leśnica, Breslau, Poland. He was the son of the Count Joachim Alexander Kasimir Maltzahn and his wife Antoinie (née Countess von Hoym) Maltzahn.
Career edit
Maltzan participated in the War of the Sixth Coalition as an officer in the Prussian Garde du Corps. Then he joined the diplomatic service. At first, he was a legation secretary in various embassies. Later he was the chargé d'affaires in Darmstadt and envoy to The Hague, Hannover and Vienna. Lastly, he had the rank of minister plenipotentiary.[1]
In 1841 Maltzan was made Prussian Foreign Minister. Karl August Varnhagen von Ense reproduced a report by Wilhelm von Humboldt, according to which King Frederick William IV was more satisfied with Maltzan than with any other ministers, and had complete trust and confidence in him.[2] Due to a severe mental illness, however, he was dismissed in 1842, not long before his death in Berlin in 1843.
Personal life edit
Maltzan married the Countess Auguste von der Goltz. Together, they were the parents of:
- Countess Alexandrina Julia Theresa Wilhelmina Sophia von Matlzan (1818–1874),[3] who married Frederick Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne in 1841. After his death in 1853, she married John Weld-Forester, 2nd Baron Forester in 1856.[4]
- Count August Mortimer Joachim von Maltzan (1823–1878)
He died on 9 August 1843 in Berlin.
References edit
- ^ Šedivý, Miroslav (30 November 2016). Crisis Among the Great Powers: The Concert of Europe and the Eastern Question. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-78673-020-6. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ Pásztorová, Barbora (7 March 2022). Metternich, the German Question and the Pursuit of Peace: 1840–1848. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 65. ISBN 978-3-11-076907-4. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ Weyman, Henry T. (1902). "Members of Parliament for Wenlock". Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society, Series 3, Volume II. p. 351.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage and Titles of Courtesy. Dean & Son. 1879. p. 261. Retrieved 28 April 2023.