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Leopold Berchtold
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Alois Graf Lexa von Aehrenthal
- Succeeded by
- Stephan Freiherr Burián von Rajecz
- Born
- ( 1863-04-18 ) 18 April 1863, Vienna , Lower Austria , Archduchy of Austria , Austrian Empire
- Died
- 21 November 1942 (1942-11-21) (aged 79), Peresznye , Sopron County , Kingdom of Hungary
- Spouse
- Countess Ferdinanda Károlyi de Nagykároly , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 25 January 1893</span>"}]]}'>1893 ; died 1942 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leopold
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Sopron
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- independent politician
- Languages spoken
- German
- Noble title
- count
- Field of work
- military
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2004-1110-500, Leopold Graf Berchtold.jpg
- Work location
- Czechoslovakia
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- Commons category
- Leopold Berchtold
- date of birth
- 1863-04-18
- date of death
- 1942-11-21
- Commons gallery
- Leopold Graf Berchtold
- name in native language
- Leopold Anton Johann Sigismund Josef Korsinus Ferdinand Berchtold
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Encyclopedic overview
Leopold Anton Johann Sigismund Josef Korsinus Ferdinand Graf Berchtold von und zu Ungarschitz, Frättling und Püllütz (Hungarian: Gróf Berchtold Lipót, Czech: Leopold hrabě Berchtold z Uherčic) (18 April 1863 – 21 November 1942) was an Austro-Hungarian politician, diplomat and statesman who served as his nation's Foreign Minister at the outbreak of the First World War.
Life
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