!!!Berchtold, Leopold Graf

b. Vienna, April 18, 1863, 
d. Peresznye near Sopron, Hungary (then Oedenburg), Nov. 21, 1942, 
politician, 1906-1911 ambassador in St. Petersburg, 1912-1915 Foreign 
Minister. After the Balkan Wars 1912/13 supported the creation of the 
new state of Albania to deny Serbia access to the Adriatic. After the 
1914 assassination of the Austrian heir to the throne, Franz 
Ferdinand, he drafted the Austrian ultimatum issued to Serbia. When 
Italy and Romania announced their neutrality at the outbreak of World 
War I, B. resigned his post as Foreign Minister. Subsequently Master 
of Ceremonies and political adviser to the future Emperor, Archduke 
Karl.

!Literature
H. Hantsch, L. Gf. B., 2 vols., 1963.



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