Leopold Berchtold
Leopold Berchtold | |
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Count von Berchtold | |
| Joint Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary | |
| In office 17 February 1912 – 13 January 1915 | |
| Preceded by | Alois Graf Lexa von Aehrenthal |
| Succeeded by | Stephan Freiherr Burián von Rajecz |
| Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Russia | |
| In office 28 December 1906 – 25 March 1911 | |
| Preceded by | Alois Graf Lexa von Aehrenthal |
| Succeeded by | Duglas Graf von Thurn und Valsássina-Como-Vercelli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 April 1863 Vienna, Lower Austria, Archduchy of Austria, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 21 November 1942 (aged 79) Peresznye, Sopron County, Kingdom of Hungary |
| Spouse | |
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 Imperial Foreign Minister at the outbreak of World War I.