Baron Peter Kazimirovich Meyendorff ( Peter Leonhard Suidigerius Freicherr von Meyendorff , German: Peter Leonhard Suidigerius Freiherr von Meyendorff ; August 26 ( September 6 ) 1796 - March 7 ( 19 ), 1863 ) - Russian diplomat, real secret adviser , chief hoffmeister (1857) from the Ostseey clan Meyendorf .
| Peter Kazimirovich Meyendorf | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| Birth | Riga | ||||||||||
| Death | St. Petersburg | ||||||||||
| Burial place | |||||||||||
| Rod | Meyendorfs | ||||||||||
| Father | |||||||||||
| Awards |
| ||||||||||
Content
Biography
The third son of the general from the infantry of Baron Kazimir Ivanovich Meyendorf (1749-1823) from a marriage with Anna-Ekaterina Fegezak (1771-1840). Together with his brother George, he visited the Lyceum in Metz , founded by Napoleon, until in 1811 he transferred to the Petersburg Mining Institute . In the years 1816-18. attended lectures at the University of Gottingen .
From a young age he was in military service, participated in foreign campaigns of the Russian army 1813-14. Having transferred to the diplomatic service, in 1814 he was appointed secretary of the Russian mission in Spain; Then he was an adviser to the Russian embassy in Austria, etc. charge d'affaires in the Netherlands. In 1832 he was appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Wurttemberg.
From 1839 to 1850 he was ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to Prussia. He participated in the preparation of the London Agreement, which secured the possession of Holstein for Denmark, and in the preparation of the 1850 Olmutsk Agreement between Prussia and Austria.
From 1850 to 1854, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to the Austrian Empire . In 1854 he was appointed a member of the Council of State and the Committee of Ministers. Honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences 12/22/1856. In 1857 he was granted the title of chief of the imperial court . In December 1858 became a member of the Committee of Railways. For service awarded the highest Russian orders.
On April 30, 1862, Alexander II granted Meyendorf the diamond signs of the Order of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called [1] .
He was buried at the Smolensk Lutheran cemetery in St. Petersburg [2] .
Family
Wife - Countess Sofya Rudolfovna Buol von Schauenstein (1800-1868), sister of the Austrian First Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs . Since 1845, the cavalier lady of the Order of St. Catherine 2 degrees. According to contemporaries, Baroness Meyendorf was an invisible lady, she behaved proudly and seriously, but despite her cold appearance, in essence, she was a kind, kind-hearted woman; unconditionally clever and utterly original, with her witty, humorous antics she amazed and occupied everyone, she couldn’t say a word, so as not to make her laugh [3] . Noble, religious and charitable, for all that she was an Austrian persistent and somewhat wayward [3] . A zealous Catholic, she indulged her children very much, who were also Catholics. Having been widowed, she permanently moved to Stuttgart, where she spent her last days. Children:
- Alexander Petrovich (1831-1855), was killed near Sevastopol during the Crimean War;
- Rudolf Petrovich (1832–1883), is known for fighting in 1868 in Munich with a Russian ambassador to the French court, Baron A. F. Budberg . The duel resulted in the end of Budberg's diplomatic career.
- Ernest Petrovich (1836-1902), clerk, Russian ambassador to Portugal (1896-99).
Reviews of Contemporaries
One Russian dignitary perfectly defined Baron Pyotr Kazimirovich, saying about him: "Baron Meyendorf is a smart and learned person, he knows everything in the world, except for Russia, which he has no idea about."
- Dolgorukov, Peter Vladimirovich
The most attractive, from my point of view, phenomenon among diplomats of the older generation. He was at one time a messenger in Berlin, and by education and sophisticated manners belonged rather to Alexander time. At that time, thanks to his intelligence and courage, he got out of the position of a young officer in the army regiment, with whom he did French campaigns, to the level of a statesman, to the word of which Emperor Nikolai carefully listened. Meyendorf’s hospitable house both in Berlin and in St. Petersburg was a place where it was pleasant to come, which was greatly facilitated by his wife, a manly intelligent woman ...
- Bismarck, Otto von
Notes
- ↑ April 30 - One day in the history of Russia and the world (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment April 14, 2012. Archived April 1, 2014.
- ↑ Meyendorf-von, Baron Peter // Petersburg Necropolis / Comp. V.I. Saitov . - SPb. : Printing house of M. M. Stasyulevich , 1912. - T. 3 (M — R). - S. 81.
- ↑ 1 2 Historical Bulletin. 1886.T. 26. - P. 51-52.
Literature
- Bar. Meyendorf Peter Kazimirovich // List of civilian ranks of the first III classes. Corrected on January 1, 1863. - St. Petersburg. : Printing House of the Governing Senate , 1863. - S. 29-30.
- Profile of Peter Kazimirovich Meyendorf on the official website of the RAS