Heinrich von Bülow (diplomat)
Heinrich von Bülow | |
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| Foreign minister of Prussia | |
| In office 2 April 1842 – 29 September 1845 | |
| Monarch | Frederick William IV |
| Preceded by | Mortimer von Maltzan |
| Succeeded by | Karl Ernst Wilhelm von Canitz und Dallwitz |
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| Born | 16 September 1792 Schwerin, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
| Died | 6 February 1846 (aged 53) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Spouse | Gabriele von Humboldt |
| Children | 7 |
Heinrich Freiherr[a] von Bülow (16 September 1792 – 6 February 1846) was a Prussian statesman.
Career
Bülow, born to members of the noble
August Ludwig Ferdinand von Nostitz
, on whose campaigns he distinguished himself several times.
After the war, he dedicated himself to diplomacy, working under the minister
Frankfurt am Main. He followed von Humboldt to London in 1817 as embassy secretary and in 1819 to Berlin, where he took over the section for trade and maritime affairs in the Prussian Foreign Office. Here he married Wilhelm von Humboldt's younger daughter Gabriele
(1802–1887) in 1820.
He was particularly successful and active in preparing the Minister of War Hermann von Boyen belonged to the more liberal tendency in the cabinet, but had only a negligible influence on politics in general. Bülow left the government in 1845 and retired to Tegel.
Notes
See also
- Bülow (disambiguation)
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