!!!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.



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