Herbert, Count of Schallenberg

Count Herbert Erwin Joseph Anton von Schallenberg (German: Herbert Graf von Schallenberg; 29 March 1901 – 26 March 1974), officially known as Herbert Schallenberg from 1919, was an Austro-Hungarian count, lawyer, diplomat and industrialist. He was the Austrian consul-general in Prague in the 1930s.[1]

Herbert Schallenberg
Born29 March 1901
Vienna, Austro-Hungary
Died26 March 1974(1974-03-26) (aged 72)
NationalityAustrian
OccupationDiplomat
ChildrenWolfgang Schallenberg
Coat of arms of the comital branch of the Schallenberg family

He was born in Vienna as a member of the comital branch of the noble Austro-Hungarian Schallenberg family. In September 1927 in the Church of Saint Nicholas in Prague, he married Elisabeth Helene Koch, daughter of the German Ambassador to Prague Walter Koch.[2]

He was the father of the diplomat Wolfgang Schallenberg and the grandfather of the Chancellor of Austria, Alexander Schallenberg.[3][4]

References
  1. "Die Geschichte der Österreichischen Botschaft in Prag und die Botschaftsgebäude". Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  2. Marriage registry
  3. "Das Spielfeld der Diplomatie ist die zweite Reihe" (in German). Oberösterreichische Nachrichten. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  4. Jahrbuch der Vereinigung katholischer Edelleute in Österreich. Verlagsanstalt Tyrolia A.G., Innsbruck/Wien/München 1931.


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