| Karl von und zu Franckenstein | |
| Office: | Austro-Hungarian Envoy to the Kingdom of Denmark |
| Term Start: | 1880 |
| Term End: | 1888 |
| Predecessor: | Gustav Kálnoky von Kőröspatak |
| Successor: | Maximilian von Gagern (as Chargé d'Affaires) |
| Office1: | Austro-Hungarian Envoy to the Kingdom of Saxony |
| Term Start1: | 1872 |
| Term End1: | 1879 |
| Predecessor1: | Ludwig Paar |
| Successor1: | Anton von Wolkenstein-Trostburg |
| Office2: | Austro-Hungarian Envoy to the United States (Acting) (as Chargé d'Affaires) |
| Term Start2: | 1867 |
| Term End2: | 1868 |
| Predecessor2: | Ferdinand von Wydenbruck (as Imperial and Royal Minister of the Austrian Empire) |
| Successor2: | Karl von Lederer |
| Birth Name: | Karl Borromäus Vincenz Franz, Freiherr von und zu Franckenstein |
| Birth Place: | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Death Place: | Vienna, Austria |
| Children: | Leopoldine von und zu Franckenstein Clemens von und zu Franckenstein Georg von und zu Franckenstein |
| Parents: | Karl, Baron Franckenstein Leopoldine, Countess Apponyi de Nagy-Appony |
Karl Borromäus Vincenz Franz, Freiherr von und zu Franckenstein (22 January 1831 – 2 February 1898) was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat.
Baron von Franckenstein was born on 22 January 1831 in Frankfurt, Hessen.[1] He was a younger son of Imperial Baron Karl Arbogast von und zu Franckenstein, the Royal Chamberlain and Hereditary Imperial Councillor of the Crown of Bavaria, and his wife Leopoldine, née Countess Apponyi de Nagy-Appony. After his father's death in 1845, his elder brother, Georg Arbogast von Franckenstein, took over management of the family estates. George, a member of the Bavarian House of Councillors and First Vice President of the Reichstag,[2] and married Princess Marie of Oettingen-Wallerstein (niece of Prince Louis of Oettingen-Wallerstein).
He was a member of the ancient noble Franckenstein family of the Franconian Imperial Knighthood in the Odenwald, which owned the Middle Franconian fideicommissum Ullstadt and other properties in Baden and Hesse.
As a diplomat of the Austrian Empire, Baron von Franckenstein served as legation secretary for the Federal Presidential Envoy in Frankfurt. As businessman, he moved to the United States in 1860. When the Austro-Hungarian Empire was formed, he served as Chargé d'Affaires of the Empire's embassy in Washington, D.C., becoming acting Minister to the U.S. from 1867 to 1868.[3]
Franckenstein then served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Saxony in Dresden from 1872 to 1879 and in Copenhagen from 1880 to 1888.[4]
In Würzburg in 1872, Baron von Franckenstein was married to Sophie Elena Marie "Elma", Countess von Schönborn-Wiesentheid (1841–1884), a daughter of Klemens, 3rd Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid (which was mediatised to Bavaria in 1806) and Irene, Countess Batthyány de Német-Ujvár. Her brother, Arthur, 4th Count of Schönborn-Wiesentheid, married Princess Stephanie of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (daughter of Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst). Together, they were the parents of:[5]
Franckenstein died in Vienna on 2 February 1898.[4]
Through his son Georg, he was a grandfather of actor Clement von und zu Franckenstein (1944–2019).[12] [13]