Frederik Raben-Levetzau

Frederik Raben-Levetzau (27 May 1850 – 5 May 1933) was a Danish noble and politician who was the minister of foreign affairs between 1905 and 1908. He was a landowner and had estates in Lolland and South Zealand.[1]

Frederik Raben-Levetzau
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1905–1908
MonarchChristian IX
Prime MinisterJens Christian Christensen
Personal details
Born
Frederik Christopher Otto Raben-Levetzau

27 May 1850
Lekkende
Died5 May 1933(1933-05-05) (aged 82)
Ålholm
Political partyVenstre
SpouseLillie Suzanne Moulton

Biography

Raben-Levetzau was born in Lekkende on 27 May 1850.[2] His parents were Count Josias Raben-Levetzau (1796-1889) and Siegfriede Victorine Krogh (1823-98).[2] In 1877 he joined the ministry of foreign affairs and worked as an attaché in Paris between 1877 and 1878 and in Vienna between 1879 and 1881.[2] On his father's death in 1889 he took over the county of Christiansholm in Lolland.[2]

Raben-Levetzau was appointed minister of foreign affairs in 1905.[3] He was a supporter of the German Empire and improved the relations between Denmark and the Empire which was finalized through the sign of the Optant Convention in 1907.[1] Raben-Levetzau held the post until 1908 when he resigned from the office.[1] Following his resignation the cabinet also collapsed, and Raben-Levetzau retired from politics.[1]

Raben-Levetzau married Lillie Suzanne Moulton, an American woman, in Rome on 8 April 1886.[2] He died in Ålholm on 5 May 1933.[2]

References
  1. "Frederik Raben-Levetzau". Den Store Danske (in Danish).
  2. Helge Larsen. "Frederik Raben-Levetzau". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish).
  3. Chris Cook; Bob Moore; Tim Kirk (1989). Sources in European Political History. Vol. 2. London: The Macmillan Press Ltd. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-349-05098-7.
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