Count Nikolaus Szécsen von Temerin

Count Nikolaus Szécsen von Temerin
Nikolaus Graf Szécsen von Temerin
Second Section Chief in the Imperial Foreign Ministry
In office
9 November 1895 – 27 January 1900
Preceded by Adalbert Graf Cziráky von Czirák und Dénesfalva
Succeeded by Heinrich Graf von Lützow zu Drey-Lützow und Seedorf
First Section Chief in the Imperial Foreign Ministry
In office
27 January 1900 – 29 November 1901
Preceded by Rudolf Graf von Welsersheimb
Succeeded by Heinrich Graf von Lützow zu Drey-Lützow und Seedorf
Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to the Holy See
In office
29 November 1901 – 23 January 1911
Preceded by Friedrich Graf Revertera von Salandra
Succeeded by Johann Prinz von Schönburg-Hartenstein
Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to France
In office
23 January 1911 – 10 August 1914
Preceded by Rudolf Graf von Khevenhüller-Metsch
Succeeded by None
Personal details
Born 26 November 1857(1857-11-26)
Temerin, Austria-Hungary (now Serbia)
Died 18 May 1926(1926-05-18) (aged 68)
Gyöngyösszentkereszt, Hungary
Spouse(s) Johanna, née Gräfin Mikes von Zabola (1866–1930)

Nikolaus (Anton) Graf Szécsen von Temerin (Hungarian: Miklós gróf Szécsen de Temerin) (26 November 1857 – 18 May 1926), was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat of Hungarian origin serving as Ambassador at Paris at the outbreak of World War I.

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Life

Born in Temerin on 26 November 1857 into the Hungarian nobility as son of Anton Graf Szécsen von Temerin (1819–1896), an Austro-Hungarian government minister. In 1896, he married Johanna Gräfin Mikes von Zabola (1866–1930) in Vienna.

Count Szécsen joined the Austro-Hungarian foreign service and served inter alia in Rome. In November 1895, he was appointed Second Section Chief at the Foreign Ministry in Vienna and was promoted to First Section Chief in January 1900.[1] At the insistence of Count Tisza, he was appointed despite his relatively limted experience to serve as the Dual Monarchy's ambassador to the Holy See in November 1901, a prominent posting given the close connections between the House of Habsburg and the papacy.[2]

Count Szécsen, considered an able diplomat with a "solid, practical mind and a masterful grasp of the workings of diplomacy",[3] apparently turned down an offer to succeed Count von Aehrenthal as ambassador to St. Petersburg upon the latter's appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1906.[4]

In early January 1911, Count Szécsen was appointed as ambassador to France, considered one of the most prestigious ambassadorships at the time, and presented his credentials on 21 March.[5] In that capacity, he played a key role during the July Crisis in 1914. After returning to Vienna, he became a member of the Upper House (Herrenhaus) in 1916 and served as a Hofmarschall in Hungary from 1916 to 1918.

Count Szécsen had been invested as a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1908.[6]

His son Nikolaus was executed by Russian soldiers at Mór, Hungary, on 28 March 1945.[7]

Count Szécsen died in Gyöngyösszentkereszt on 18 May 1926.

Notes

Regarding personal names: Graf is a title, translated as Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin.

References

  1. ^ Ernst Rutkowski, Briefe und Dokumente zur Geschichte der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie, Munich, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1983, p. 689.
  2. ^ William D. Godsey, Aristocratic Redoubt: The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office on the Eve of the First World War, West Lafayette, Purdue University Press, 1999, p. 194.
  3. ^ Godsey, op. cit., p. 143.
  4. ^ Godsey, op. cit., p. 68.
  5. ^ Godsey, op. cit., p. 192
  6. ^ Chevaliers de la Toison d'Or
  7. ^ 'Nikolaus Graf Szécsen von Temerin', Solving Problems Through Force

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Adalbert Graf Cziráky von Czirák und Dénesfalva
Second Section Chief in the Imperial Foreign Ministry
1895–1900
Succeeded by
Heinrich Graf von Lützow zu Drey-Lützow und Seedorf
Preceded by
Rudolf Graf von Welsersheimb
First Section Chief in the Imperial Foreign Ministry
1900–1901
Succeeded by
Heinrich Graf von Lützow zu Drey-Lützow und Seedorf
Preceded by
Friedrich Graf Revertera von Salandra
Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to the Holy See
1901–1911
Succeeded by
Johann Prinz von Schönburg-Hartenstein
Preceded by
Rudolf Graf von Khevenhüller-Metsch
Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to France
1911–1914
Succeeded by
None

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