Count Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont
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Karl Ludwig Graf von Ficquelmont (23 March 1777, Castle Dieuze near Nancy, Lorraine – 7 April 1857, Venice) was an Austrian statesman and general, son of a Frenchman in the Austrian army.
He entered the military service of Austria in 1793. He participated in all the campaigns against France, rose to the rank of major general, and was Ambassador Extraordinary to Sweden (1814), Yuscany and Lucca (1820), Naples 1821), and Russia (1829), where he was an extremely influential agent of Metternich. In 1839 he was recalled to Vienna to assume the duties of the Foreign Office during the absence of Prince Metternich. After the revolution of March, 1848, he was again in charge of the Department of Foreign Affairs, and had become premier pro tem, when popular feeling against him compelled him to retire (May 3), partly because he had a kinsman, Count Baillet von Latour, in the War Ministry.
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- Aufklärungen über die Zeit vom 20 März bis zum 4 Mai, 1848 (second edition, 1850)
- Die religiöse Seite der orientalischen Frage (second edition, 1854)
| Preceded by Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky |
Minister-President of Austria 18 April 1848 – 7 May 1848 |
Succeeded by Franz von Pillersdorf |
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This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.
