Herbert, Count of Schallenberg
Herbert Schallenberg | |
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Born | 29 March 1901 Vienna, Austro-Hungary |
Died | 26 March 1974 | (aged 72)
Nationality | Austria |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Children | Wolfgang Schallenberg |
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Count Herbert Erwin Joseph Anton von Schallenberg (German: Herbert Graf von Schallenberg; 29 March 1901 – 26 March 1974), officially known as Herbert Schallenberg from 1919, was an Austro-Hungarian count, lawyer, diplomat and industrialist. He was the Austrian consul-general in Prague in the 1930s.[1]
He was born in Vienna as a member of the comital branch of the noble Austro-Hungarian Schallenberg family. In September 1927 in the Church of Saint Nicholas in Prague, he married Elisabeth Helene Koch, daughter of the German Ambassador to Prague Walter Koch.[2]
He was the father of the diplomat Wolfgang Schallenberg and the grandfather of the Chancellor of Austria, Alexander Schallenberg.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ "Die Geschichte der Österreichischen Botschaft in Prag und die Botschaftsgebäude". Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ Marriage registry
- ^ "Das Spielfeld der Diplomatie ist die zweite Reihe" (in German). Oberösterreichische Nachrichten. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ Jahrbuch der Vereinigung katholischer Edelleute in Österreich. Verlagsanstalt Tyrolia A.G., Innsbruck/Wien/München 1931.
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- 1901 births
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- People from Vienna
- Austrian diplomats
- Schallenberg family
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