Count Otto von Czernin
| Otto Graf Czernin von und zu Chudenitz | |
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| Austro-Hungarian Minister to Bulgaria | |
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In office 24 January 1917 – 11 November 1918 |
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| Preceded by | Ludwig Graf Széchényi von Sárvár und Felsövidék |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 August 1875 Dimokur, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) |
| Died | 14 June 1962 (aged 86) Salzburg, Austria |
| Spouse(s) | Lucy, née Beckett (1884–1979) Maria Lisa, née Pfeiffer (1899–1983) |
Otto Rudolf Theobald Ottokar Maria Graf Czernin von und zu Chudenitz (Czech: Otto Rudolf Theobald Ottokar Maria hrabě Černín z Chudenic; 27 August 1875 – 14 June 1962) was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat during the time of World War I.
Born in Dimokur (Dymokury) on 27 August 1875 into an ancient Bohemian noble family (the Czernin family), he was a younger brother of Ottokar, also a diplomat who would become Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister during World War I. He married Lucy Beckett (1884–1979), daughter of Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe, in London in 1903. The marriage produced three sons, but they divorced shortly after the outbreak of the war in 1914. In 1939, he married Maria Lisa Pfeiffer (1899–1983) in Bratislava.
Following studies at the Diplomatic Academy, Count von Czernin entered the Austro-Hungarian foreign service and was first dispatched to London and in 1904 to Rome. He was considered a disciple of Foreign Minister Count Lexa von Aehrenthal, whose activist expansionary policies he supported during the Bosnian annexation crisis in 1908.
Before the war, Count von Czernin served as a Counselor to the Embassy in St. Petersburg and served as Chargé d'Affaires during the first weeks of the July Crisis as the Ambassador Count von Szapáry was absent due to the illness of his wife. He was therefore in charge of dealing directly with Russian Foreign Minister Sazonov until Count Szapáry returned to the Russian capital in mid-July.
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