Herbert, Count of Schallenberg explained

Herbert Schallenberg
Birth Date:29 March 1901
Birth Place:Vienna, Austro-Hungary
Nationality:Austrian
Occupation:Diplomat
Children:Wolfgang 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]

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Die Geschichte der Österreichischen Botschaft in Prag und die Botschaftsgebäude . 11 October 2021.
  2. http://katalog.ahmp.cz/pragapublica/permalink?xid=8786B7FD2AC948D498FDD62798A7EC65&scan=126#scan126 Marriage registry
  3. Web site: Das Spielfeld der Diplomatie ist die zweite Reihe. Oberösterreichische Nachrichten. 26 June 2017. 3 June 2019. German.
  4. Jahrbuch der Vereinigung katholischer Edelleute in Österreich. Verlagsanstalt Tyrolia A.G., Innsbruck/Wien/München 1931.