Austro-Hungarian foreign policy under Berchtold

Leopold Berchtold

A diplomat and politician of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Born into the wealthy aristocratic Berchtold family, he became a diplomat in 1893. After serving at embassies in Paris, London, and Saint Petersburg, he served as ambassador to Russia from 1906 to 1911, and in 1908 hosted the Buchlau Bargain. In 1912, he succeeded Aehrenthal as Imperial Foreign Minister and led Balkan policy. Following the Sarajevo Incident in 1914, he pursued a hardline policy against Serbia, secured support from Germany, issued an ultimatum to Serbia, and played a central role in the diplomatic process leading up to the declaration of war on Serbia on July 28. He resigned as foreign minister in 1915 during World War I and subsequently served in court positions as a close advisor to Crown Prince and later Emperor Karl I. After the war, he retired to his estate in Hungary and passed away in 1942.

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Year	Leopold Berchtold
1863	Birth of Leopold Berchtold (Period: April 18, 1863, Location: Vienna (present-day Austria))
1880	Law Studies and Transition to Diplomat (Age: 16 years old, Period: 1880s–1893, Location: Vienna, etc.)
1893	Marriage (Leopold Berchtold, Marriage to Countess Ferdinanda Károlyi de Nagykároly, Age: 29 years old, Period: January 25, 1893, Location: Budapest (present-day Hungary))
1894	Service at the Paris Embassy (Age: 30 years old, Period: 1894, Location: Paris (present-day France))
1899	Service at the London Embassy (Age: 35 years old, Period: 1899, Location: London (present-day United Kingdom))
1903	Service at the Russian Embassy (Age: 39 years old, Period: 1903–1906, Location: Saint Petersburg (present-day Russia))
1906	Ambassador to Russia (Age: 42 years old, Period: 1906–1911, Location: Saint Petersburg (present-day Russia))
1908	Buchlau Bargain (Age: 45 years old, Period: September 1908, Location: Buchlau (present-day Buchlov, Czech Republic)) Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Age: 45 years old, Period: 1908, Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina)
1912	Leading Balkan Policy (Age: 48 years old, Period: 1912–1913, Location: Vienna, Balkan Peninsula) Investiture into the Order of the Golden Fleece (Age: 48 years old, Period: 1912, Location: Vienna (present-day Austria)) Appointment as Common Foreign Minister (Leopold Berchtold, Age: 48 years old, Period: February 1912, Location: Vienna (present-day Austria))
1913	Ultimatum to Serbia on October 18, 1913 (Age: 50 years old, Period: October 18, 1913, Location: Vienna, Belgrade)
1914	World War I (Age: 50 years old, Period: 1914–1918, Location: Europe, Middle East, and Africa) Diplomatic Involvement in World War I (Age: 50 years old, Period: 1914–1915, Location: Vienna, Berlin, Belgrade, etc.) The Sarajevo Incident (Age: 51 years old, Period: June 28, 1914, Location: Sarajevo (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)) July Crisis (Age: 51 years old, Period: June – August 1914, Location: Sarajevo, Vienna, Berlin, Saint Petersburg, Paris) Securing Support of the "Blank Check" from Germany (Age: 51 years old, Period: July 5–6, 1914, Location: Berlin (present-day Germany)) Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia (Age: 51 years old, Period: July 23, 1914, Location: Vienna, Belgrade) Austria-Hungary's Declaration of War on Serbia (Age: 51 years old, Period: July 28, 1914, Location: Vienna, Belgrade)
1915	Resignation as Foreign Minister (Leopold Berchtold, Age: 51 years old, Period: January 13, 1915, Location: Vienna (present-day Austria))
1916	Grand Master of the Household to Archduke Karl (Age: 52 years old, Period: March 1916 – 1918, Location: Austro-Hungarian Empire)
1918	Post-war Retirement (Age: 54 years old, Period: 1918–1942, Location: Peresznye (present-day Hungary))
1942	Death of Leopold Berchtold (Age: 79 years old, Period: November 21, 1942)

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German Leader	Friedrich III Wilhelm II Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg Georg Michaelis Georg von Hertling Max von Baden
Emperors of Austria-Hungary	Franz Joseph I Charles I Archduke Franz Ferdinand Archduke Friedrich Archduke Eugen Zita of Bourbon-Parma
The Sarajevo Incident	Archduke Franz Ferdinand Sophie Chotek Gavrilo Princip Nedeljko Čabrinović Danilo Ilić Leopold Berchtold
Science and Medicine	Albert Einstein Max Planck Sigmund Freud Erwin Schrödinger Lise Meitner Paul Ehrlich

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