This is a list of foreign ministers (german: Außenminister) of the Habsburg monarchy, of the

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, and of

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up to 1918.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Habsburg monarchy (1720–1805)

From 1664/69 the Privy Conference (''Geheime Konferenz''), a committee of the Imperial Privy Council ('' Geheimer Rat''), provided advice to Emperor Leopold I whereby the Austrian Court Chancellor, responsible for the Habsburg 'Hereditary Lands', served as

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and thereby gained increasing influence. The Habsburg diplomatic service was re-organised, when Emperor Charles VI by resolution of 1720 declared Court Chancellor Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von Sinzendorf responsible for foreign policy issues. Upon Sinzendorf's death in February 1742, Archduchess Maria Theresa finally separated the central Habsburg State Chancellery responsible of Foreign Affairs from the domestic Austrian Court Chancellery.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Austrian Empire (1805–1867)

Ministers of the Imperial and Royal House and of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918)

Notes

Regarding personal names: * ''Prinz'' is a title, translated as ''

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'', not a first or middle name. The female form is '' Prinzessin''. * '' Fürst'' is a title, translated as ''(Sovereign)

'', not a first or middle name. The female form is '' Fürstin''. * ''

Graf (feminine: ) is a historical title of the German nobility, usually translated as "count". Considered to be intermediate among noble ranks, the title is often treated as equivalent to the British title of "earl" (whose female version is "coun ...

'' is a title, translated as ''

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'', not a first or middle name. The female form is ''

Gräfin (feminine: ) is a historical title of the German nobility, usually translated as "count". Considered to be intermediate among noble ranks, the title is often treated as equivalent to the British title of "earl" (whose female version is "cou ...

''. * ''

Freiherr (; male, abbreviated as ), (; his wife, abbreviated as , literally "free lord" or "free lady") and (, his unmarried daughters and maiden aunts) are designations used as titles of nobility in the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire ...

'' is a title, translated as '' Baron'', not a first or middle name. The female forms are ''

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'' and ''

Freiin (; male, abbreviated as ), (; his wife, abbreviated as , literally "free lord" or "free lady") and (, his unmarried daughters and maiden aunts) are designations used as titles of nobility in the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire ...

''.

Bibliography

* Erwin Matsch, ''Der Auswärtige Dienst von Österreich-Ungarn 1720-1920'', Vienna, Böhlau, 1986. * —, ''Geschichte des Auswärtigen Dienstes von Österreich-Ungarn 1720-1920'', Vienna, Böhlau, 1980. {{DEFAULTSORT:Foreign ministers of Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, Foreign ministers History of Austria-Hungary Foreign relations of Austria-Hungary People of the Habsburg Monarchy Austria-Hungary-related lists *

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Habsburg monarchy (1720–1805)

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Austrian Empire (1805–1867)

Ministers of the Imperial and Royal House and of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918)

See also

Notes

Bibliography