Alexander Konstantinovich Benckendorff

Alexander Konstantinovich of Benckendorff (Russian Александр Константинович Бенкендорф / Alexander Konstantinovich Benckendorf; born July 20, 1849 in Berlin, † January 11, 1917 in London) was a Russian diplomat.

Person

His parents were Louise de Croy and Constantin Alexander von Benckendorff, a son of Constantine of Benckendorff. He studied in France and the German Empire. In 1869, he joined the Foreign Service of the Tsar Alexander II. 1869 he was first secretary of the tsarist Russian Embassy in Vienna. In 1879 he married Sophie of Schouvaloff: The couple had a son ( † 1914) and a daughter.

From 1903 until his death, he was Ambassador to the Court of St James's of Nicholas II. During the years 1904 and 1905, the Russo- Japanese War, a severe test for the ratio of the two states dar. As Benckendorff 1904 by the celebration of his silver wedding returned to Silesia to London, he was received at the events of the Dogger Bank incident, at Victoria Station with protests and brought to the embassy under police protection. In the message, he formulated together with the second Secretary - Sviatopolk Prince Mirsky, a cousin of Pyotr Dmitrievich Sviatopolk - Mirsky, a telegram to the Russian government.

He was involved in the negotiations on the Treaty of Saint Petersburg in 1907, from which developed the Triple Entente. In 1915 he was a signatory to Treaty of London.