Arthur von Mohrenheim, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Arthur von Mohrenheim

Russian diplomat

Date of Birth: 08-Jun-1824

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 06-Oct-1906

Profession: politician, diplomat

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Arthur von Mohrenheim

  • Baron Arthur Pavlovich von Mohrenheim (8 June 1824 – 19 October 1906; Russian: ????? ???????? ?????????) was a diplomat of the Russian Empire who served as ambassador to France from 1884 to 1897 and played a leading role in arranging the Franco-Russian Alliance.
  • He was born on 8 June [O.S.
  • 27 May] 1824 in Moscow to a noble family from the Grodno Governorate (modern Belarus) in 1824, and after studying at Imperial Moscow University he joined the Foreign Ministry in 1845.
  • He served in the embassies in Vienna (1851–1856) and Berlin (1858–1867) before being appointed minister to Denmark in 1867.
  • In 1882 he was named ambassador to the United Kingdom, where he served for two years before moving to France as ambassador in 1884.
  • He was consistently committed to establishing a Franco-Russian pact, and directed the embassy in Paris towards that end.
  • After over a decade in the post, Mohrenheim retired in 1897 and was appointed to the Russian State Council.
  • He died in the Pyrenees at Pau on 19 October [O.S.
  • 6 October] 1906.Mohrenheim was awarded the Orders of Saint Alexander Nevsky, the White Eagle, Saint Anna (1st class), and Saint Stanislaus (1st class).

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