Joseph von Radowitz

Joseph von Radowitz

Joseph Maria Ernst Christian Wilhelm von Radowitz (February 6, 1797 – 25 December 1853) was a conservative Prussian statesman and general famous for his proposal to unify Germany under Prussian leadership by means of a negotiated agreement among the reigning German princes.

Radowitz was born to Roman Catholic nobility on at Blankenburg am Harz, in Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, his family being of Serbian origin. He received a military education in France and fought in Napoleon's army. As a young lieutenant in the Westphalian artillery, he was wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Leipzig (1813), subsequently entered the Hanoverian service, and in 1823 that of Prussia. His promotion was rapid, and in 1830 he became chief of the general staff of the artillery.

In 1836, Radowitz went as Prussian military plenipotentiary to the federal diet at Frankfurt, and in 1842 was appointed envoy to the courts of Karlsruhe, Darmstadt and Nassau. He had early become an intimate friend of the crown prince (afterwards King Frederick William IV), and the Prussian constitution of February 1847 was an attempt to realize the ideas put forward by him in his "Gespräche aus den Gegenwart der Staat und Kirche", published under the pseudony] "Waldheim" in 1846.

In November 1847 and March 1848 Radowitz was sent by Frederick William to Vienna to attempt to arrange common action for the reconstruction of the German Confederation. In the Frankfurt Parliament he was leader of the conservative Right; and, after its break-up, he was zealous in promoting the Unionist policy of Prussia, which he defended both in the Prussian diet and in the Erfurt parliament. He was practically responsible for the foreign policy of Prussia from May 1848 onwards, and on 27 September 1851 he was appointed minister of foreign affairs. He resigned, however, on 2 November, owing to the king's refusal to settle the difficulties with the Austrian Empire by an appeal to arms. In August 1852, he was appointed director of military education, but the rest of his life was devoted mainly to literary pursuits.

Radowitz published, in addition to several political treatises, "Ikonographie der Heiligen, im Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte" (Berlin, 1834) and "Devisen und Mottos des spätern Mittelalters" (ii., 1850). His "Gesammelte Schriften" were published in 5 vols. at Berlin, 1852-53.

References

* [http://www.cats.ohiou.edu/~Chastain/rz/radowitz.htm Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions: Joseph Maria von Radowitz]
*Josef von Radowitz. "Nachgelassene Briefe und Aufzeichnungen zur Geschichte der Jahre 1848-1853". W. Moring (ed.) (1922).
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12631c.htm Joseph Maria von Radowitz] - Catholic Encyclopedia article


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Joseph von Radowitz — Joseph Maria Ernst Christian Wilhelm von Radowitz (* 6. Februar 1797 in Blankenburg; † 25. Dezember 1853 in Berlin) war preußischer General, Diplomat und Politiker. Leben Joseph von Radowitz …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Joseph Von Radowitz — Joseph Maria Ernst Christian Wilhelm von Radowitz (1797 1853) est un général et un homme d État conservateur prussien, célèbre pour sa volonté d unifier l Allemagne sous la direction de la Prusse par un accord négocié entre les princes régnants… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Joseph von radowitz — Joseph Maria Ernst Christian Wilhelm von Radowitz (1797 1853) est un général et un homme d État conservateur prussien, célèbre pour sa volonté d unifier l Allemagne sous la direction de la Prusse par un accord négocié entre les princes régnants… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Joseph von Radowitz — Joseph Maria Ernst Christian Wilhelm von Radowitz (1797 1853) est un général et un homme d État conservateur prussien, célèbre pour sa volonté d unifier l Allemagne sous la direction de la Prusse par un accord négocié entre les princes régnants… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Joseph Maria Ernst Christian Wilhelm von Radowitz — (* 6. Februar 1797 in Blankenburg; † 25. Dezember 1853 in Berlin) war preußischer General, Diplomat und Politiker. Leben Joseph von Radowitz …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Joseph Maria von Radowitz (Sohn) — Joseph Maria von Radowitz Joseph Maria Friedrich von Radowitz (* 19. Mai 1839 in Frankfurt am Main; † 15. Januar 1912 in Berlin) war ein preußisch deutscher Diplomat und kommissarischer Staatssekretär im Auswärtigen Amt des Deutschen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Joseph Maria von Radowitz —     Joseph Maria von Radowitz     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Joseph Maria von Radowitz     Born at Blankenburg, 6 February, 1797; died at Berlin, 25 December, 1853. Radowitz was of Hungarian descent, though his family had lived in Germany since… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Joseph Maria von Radowitz — ist der Name folgender Personen: Joseph Maria Ernst Christian Wilhelm von Radowitz (1797–1853), preußischer General und Staatsmann, siehe Joseph von Radowitz Joseph Maria von Radowitz (Sohn) (1839–1912), deutscher Diplomat Joseph Maria von… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Wilhelm von Radowitz — (* 6. März 1875; † 25. September 1939) war ein deutscher Diplomat und am Ende des Ersten Weltkrieges Leiter der Reichskanzlei. Erhard Deutelmoser …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Josef Maria von Radowitz — Joseph Maria von Radowitz Joseph Maria Friedrich von Radowitz (* 19. Mai 1839 in Frankfurt am Main; † 15. Januar 1912) in Berlin war ein deutscher Diplomat und kommissarischer Staatssekretär im Auswärtigen Amt des Deutschen Kaiserreiches …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”