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
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 former Chancellor of Austria, Alexander Schallenberg.[3][4]

References edit

  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.