Rudolf, Count of Apponyi

Count Rudolph von Apponyi
Rudolf Apponyi de Nagy-Appony
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom
In office 7 March 1856 – 8 November 1871
Preceded by
Succeeded by	Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust
Personal details
Born	1 August 1812 Karlsruhe, Baden
Died	31 May 1876(1876-05-31) (aged 63) Venice, Kingdom of Italy
Spouse(s)	Anna von Benckendorff
Children	2

Count Rudolph von Apponyi (1 August 1812 – 31 May 1876) was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat and Ambassador to London.

Biography[]

He was born in Karlsruhe, into the noble Apponyi family.

As his father, Rudolph entered the Austrian diplomatic service and held important positions in the course of his career.

He was Envoy to the Electorate of Hesse and the Grand Duchy of Baden (1847–1849), the Kingdom of Sardinia (1849-1853) and the Kingdom of Bavaria (1853-1856).

On March 7, 1856 he became Envoy to London, raised on October 28, 1860 to Ambassador to the court of St. James in London, until November 8, 1871. As such he participated in 1864 in the London Conference of 1864.

Afterwards he became Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Paris (December 13, 1871 – April 30, 1876). In 1875 he signed the Metre Convention in Paris for Austria-Hungary.

Count Apponyi was the bearer of the Grand Cross of the Austrian-Imperial Leopold Order and since 1865 of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

He was the father of:

• Sándor Apponyi (Alexander Apponyi von Nagy-Appony) (1844-1925)
• Ilona Apponyi (1848-1914), married in 1866 to Paolo Borghese, 9th Prince of Sulmona.

Sources[]

Biography in Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich