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Melchior Hubert Paul Gustav Graf von Hatzfeldt zu Trachenberg (8 October 1831 – 22 November 1901) was a German diplomat who served as ambassador to Constantinople in 1878 to 1881, foreign secretary and head of the Foreign Office in 1881 to 1885 and as ambassador to London in 1885 to 1901. He is best known for signing the Yantze Agreement in 1900 and was once described by Otto von Bismarck as das beste Pferd im diplomatischen Stall ("the best horse in the diplomatic stable").^[1]

A member of the House of Hatzfeld, he was born in Düsseldorf, the son of Sophie von Hatzfeldt, and he died in London.

Honours

Kingdom of Prussia : Order of Merit of the Prussian Crown - 8 November 1901 - on his resignation as German Ambassador to London^[2]

Sources

Hermann von Eckardstein. Lebenserinnerungen u. Politische Denkwürdigkeiten. Leipzig: Verlag Paul List, 1919.
Vera Niehus: Ein »ambassadeur idéal«, jedoch »den Anstrengungen des ministeriellen Dienstes nicht gewachsen«: Paul von Hatzfeldt als außenpolitischer Mitarbeiter Bismarcks. In: Lothar Gall, Ulrich Lappenküper (Hrsg.): Bismarcks Mitarbeiter. Schöningh, Paderborn 2009, ISBN 978-3-506-76591-8.
Franz-Eugen Volz: Paul Graf von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg. In: Lebensbilder aus dem Kreis Altenkirchen. Altenkirchen, 1975.

References

^ Hermann von Eckardstein, Lebenserinnerungen u. Politische Denkwürdigkeiten (Leipzig: Verlag Paul List, 1919), 174.
^ "Count Hatzfeldt". The Times. No. 36611. London. 13 November 1901. p. 5. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)

External links

Works by or about Paul von Hatzfeldt at the Internet Archive

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[1] Hermann von Eckardstein, Lebenserinnerungen u. Politische Denkwürdigkeiten (Leipzig: Verlag Paul List, 1919), 174.

[2] "Count Hatzfeldt". The Times. No. 36611. London. 13 November 1901. p. 5. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)

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-'''Melchior Hubert Paul Gustav Graf von Hatzfeldt zu Trachenberg''' (8 October 1831 – 22 November 1901) was a German diplomat who served as ambassador to [[Constantinople]] in 1878-1881, as [[Foreign Minister of Germany|foreign secretary]] and head of the [[Foreign Office (Germany)|Foreign Office]] in 1881-1885, and as ambassador to [[London]] in 1885-1901, during which time he is best known for signing the [[Yantze Agreement]] in 1900.  He was once described by [[Otto von Bismarck]] as "das beste Pferd im diplomatischen Stall" – the best horse in the diplomatic stable.<ref>Hermann von Eckardstein, ''Lebenserinnerungen u. Politische Denkwürdigkeiten'' (Leipzig: Verlag Paul List, 1919), 174.</ref>
+'''Melchior Hubert Paul Gustav Graf von Hatzfeldt zu Trachenberg''' (8 October 1831 – 22 November 1901) was a German diplomat who served as ambassador to [[Constantinople]] in 1878 to 1881, [[Foreign Minister of Germany|foreign secretary]] and head of the [[Foreign Office (Germany)|Foreign Office]] in 1881 to 1885 and as ambassador to [[London]] in 1885 to 1901. He is best known for signing the [[Yantze Agreement]] in 1900 and was once described by [[Otto von Bismarck]] as ''das beste Pferd im diplomatischen Stall'' ("the best horse in the diplomatic stable").<ref>Hermann von Eckardstein, ''Lebenserinnerungen u. Politische Denkwürdigkeiten'' (Leipzig: Verlag Paul List, 1919), 174.</ref>
-A member of the [[House of Hatzfeld]], he was born in [[Düsseldorf]], the son of [[Sophie von Hatzfeldt]], and died in [[London]].
+A member of the [[House of Hatzfeld]], he was born in [[Düsseldorf]], the son of [[Sophie von Hatzfeldt]], and he died in [[London]].
 ==Honours==

v t e Foreign Ministers of Germany
German Empire (1871–1918)	Thile Balan B. E. von Bülow Radowitz Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst Limburg-Stirum Busch Hatzfeldt zu Wildenburg Bismarck Marschall B. von Bülow Richthofen Tschirschky-Bögendorff Schoen Kiderlen-Waechter Jagow Zimmermann Kühlmann Hintze Solf Brockdorff-Rantzau
Weimar Republic (1918–33)	Brockdorff-Rantzau Müller Köster Simons Rosen Wirth Rathenau Rosenberg Stresemann Curtius Brüning Neurath
Nazi Germany (1933–45)	Neurath Ribbentrop Seyss-Inquart Schwerin von Krosigk
German Democratic Republic¹ (1949–90)	Dertinger Ackermann Bolz Winzer O. Fischer Meckel de Maizière
Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)	Adenauer von Brentano Schröder Brandt Scheel Genscher Schmidt Genscher Kinkel J. Fischer Steinmeier Westerwelle Steinmeier Gabriel Maas Baerbock
¹ East Germany

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