Alexander, Count of Hoyos
| Alexander Graf von Hoyos | |
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| Chef de cabinet of the Imperial Foreign Minister | |
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In office 22 April 1912 – 4 January 1917 |
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| Preceded by | Friedrich Graf Szapáry von Muraszombath, Széchysziget und Szapár |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Austro-Hungarian Minister to Norway | |
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In office 14 February 1917 – 2 November 1918 |
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| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
13 May 1876 Fiume, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) |
| Died | 20 October 1937 (aged 61) Schwertberg, Austria |
| Spouse(s) | Edmée de Loys-Chandieu (1892–1945) |
Ludwig Alexander Georg Graf von Hoyos, Freiherr zu Stichsenstein (13 May 1876 – 20 October 1937) was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat who played a major role during the July Crisis while serving as chef de cabinet of the Foreign Minister at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. He was the grandson of Robert Whitehead, the inventor of the torpedo.
Hoyos was born in Fiume (then part of Austria-Hungary, now called Rijeka in Croatia) on 13 May 1876 into the House of Hoyos, a noble family that hailed originally from Spain, but which had migrated to Austria around 1525. Over the centuries, the family had become part of the Hungarian nobility.
His parents were Georg Anton, Count of Hoyos (1842–1904), and Alice Whitehead, who was the daughter of Robert Whitehead, the British engineer and inventor of the torpedo. They had married in 1869, and Georg Hoyos had been in charge of the Whitehead shipyard in Fiume at the time. One of his sisters, Marguerite (1871–1945), was married to Herbert von Bismarck, the eldest son of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.
On 24 April 1913, in Paris, Hoyos married Edmée de Loys-Chandieu (1892–1945), the daughter of Henri, Marquis de Loys-Chandieu, and the couple went on to have four children. Their daughter Melanie Hoyos also married a member of the Bismarck family, Count Gottfried von Bismarck-Schönhausen, and their descendants include Stephanie zu Guttenberg.
Following an expedition to China with his uncle, who served as British chargé d'affaires in Tokyo, in 1900 Hoyos started his diplomatic career as a provisional attaché at the Austro-Hungarian legation in Peking. Then followed postings as attaché in Paris, Belgrade, and Berlin, and from 1905 he was a counsellor, first at the legation in Stuttgart, then at the embassy in London.
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