Frederik Raben-Levetzau (1850–1933) was a Danish noble and politician who was the

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between 1905 and 1908. He was a landowner and had estates in Lolland and South Zealand.

Biography

Raben-Levetzau was born in Lekkende on 27 May 1850. His parents were Count Josias Raben-Levetzau (1796-1889) and Siegfriede Victorine Krogh (1823-98). In 1877 he joined the

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and worked as an

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in Paris between 1877 and 1878 and in Vienna between 1879 and 1881. On his father's death in 1889 he took over the county of Christiansholm in Lolland. Raben-Levetzau was appointed minister of foreign affairs in 1905. He was a supporter of the

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and improved the relations between Denmark and the Empire which was finalized through the sign of the Optant Convention in 1907. Raben-Levetzau held the post until 1908 when he resigned from the office. Following his resignation the

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also collapsed, and Raben-Levetzau retired from politics. Raben-Levetzau married Lillie Suzanne Moulton, an American woman, in Rome on 8 April 1886. He died in Ålholm on 5 May 1933.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Raben Levetzau, Frederik 1850 births 1933 deaths Foreign ministers of Denmark Danish counts People from Vordingborg Municipality 19th-century Danish diplomats 19th-century Danish nobility 20th-century Danish nobility