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JOHANN PHILIPP KARL See also:JOSEPH See also:STADION (1763—1824)
, See also:Austrian statesman, entered the See also:diplomatic service and See also:rose See also:early to a high position
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In 1790—1793 he was See also:ambassador in See also:London
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After some years of retirement he was entrusted (1800) with a See also:mission to the Prussian See also:court, where he endeavoured in vain to effect an See also:alliance with See also:Austria
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He had greater success as See also:envoy at St See also:Petersburg, where he played a large See also:part in the formation of the third See also:coalition against See also:Napoleon (18o5)
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Notwithstanding the failure of this alliance he was made See also:foreign See also:minister, and in See also:conjunction with the See also:archduke See also: |
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