Joachim Karl Ludwig Mortimer Graf von Maltzan (or Maltzahn),
Freiherr
(; male, abbreviated as ), (; his wife, abbreviated as , literally "free lord" or "free lady") and (, his unmarried daughters and maiden aunts) are designations used as titles of nobility in the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire ...
von Wartenberg und Penzlin (born 1793 at Schloss Lissa; died 1843 in Berlin) was a Prussian diplomat and
Foreign Minister from 1841 to 1842.
Maltzan was the son of the Count Joachim Alexander Kasimir Maltzahn and his wife Antoinie (''née'' Hoym). He himself married the Countess Auguste von der Goltz.
Maltzan participated in the
War of the Sixth Coalition
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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
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,
Hannover
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and
Vienna
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. Lastly, he had the rank of minister plenipotentiary.
In 1841 Maltzan was made Prussian Foreign Minister.
Karl August Varnhagen von Ense
Karl August Varnhagen von Ense (21 February 1785 in Düsseldorf – 10 October 1858 in Berlin) was a German biographer, diplomat and soldier.
Life and career
He was born in Düsseldorf, the younger brother of Rosa Maria Varnhagen, a noted poet, ...
reproduced a report by
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt (, also , ; ; 22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a Prussian philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin, which was named afte ...
, 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. Due to a severe mental illness, however, he was dismissed in 1842.
1793 births
1843 deaths
Mortimer
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Norman origins
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Prussian diplomats
19th-century diplomats
Foreign ministers of Prussia
Prussian Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
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