!!!Rechberg, Johann Bernhard Graf von Rechberg, Count Johann Bernhard von; b. Regensburg (Germany), July 17, 1806, d. Schwechat (Lower Austria), Feb. 26, 1899, diplomat and politician. Austrian envoy to Sweden, Brazil etc. until 1853, 1859-1864 Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1859-1861 Prime Minister; supported Prince C. W. L. Metternich and opposed the liberal politics of A. v. Schmerling . Could not bring Bismarck to accept Austria´s position in the Schleswig-Holstein question ( German-Danish War). !Literature H. Rumpler, J. B. Gf. v. R., in: 1000 Jahre Oe., ed. by W. Pollak, 1973; OeBL. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Rechberg,_Johann_Bernhard_Graf_von|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]