!!!Giesl von Gieslingen, Wladimir Freiherr

b. Pecs, Hungary (then Fuenfkirchen), Feb. 18, 1860, 
d. Salzburg, April 20, 1936, diplomat, general of the cavalry; uncle 
of Adolph  Giesl-Gieslingen. Delegate in Turkey, 1909 in Montenegro, 
finally in Belgrade. After presenting the Austrian ultimatum in 
Belgrade, prematurely broke off diplomatic relations to Serbia on July 
25, 1914 on the instructions of L. Count  Berchtold, Minister for 
Foreign Affairs. This triggered the outbreak of  World War I.



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