Hübner, Alexander Graf von#

b. Vienna, Nov. 26, 1811, d. Vienna, July 30, 1892. Diplomat, travel writer. From 1833 in the service of the Austrian state chancellery, where he was promoted by Metternich, whose illegitimate son he was alleged to be. 1849-1859 in diplomatic service in Paris, from 1860 Police Minister; 1865-1867 head of the mission to the Papal Court, but failed in his attempt to conclude a new concordat. In his writings he advocated a renewal of the Habsburg monarchy. His reports on his extensive travels show him to have been a highly educated connoisseur of the arts.

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