Heinrich von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Austrian diplomat
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Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria
About Heinrich von Coudenhove-Kalergi
- Heinrich Johann Maria von Coudenhove-Kalergi (12 October 1859 – 14 May 1906), also known as Heinrich Coudenhove-Kalergi (styled as Count of Coudenhove until 1903 and Count of Coudenhove-Kalergi thereafter), was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat and writer who was a member of the Coudenhove-Kalergi family.
- He was born in Vienna and died in Ronsberg, Western Bohemia (today Pobežovice in the Czech Republic).
- He spoke 18 languages (including Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew and Japanese), and his diplomatic postings included Athens, Rio de Janeiro, Constantinople and Buenos Aires. He was made Deputy Minister of Austria-Hungary to Japan, where he remained for 4 years, studying Buddhism and marrying a young Japanese woman from a Samurai family, Mitsuko Aoyama.
- They had seven children, including Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, best known for his role in establishing the Pan-European Movement.
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