8 August 1843(1843-08-08) (aged 50) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Spouse
Countess Auguste von der Goltz
Children
7
Count Joachim Karl Ludwig Mortimer von Maltzan (or Maltzahn), Freiherr von Wartenberg und Penzlin (15 April 1793 – 9 August 1843) was a Prussian diplomat and Foreign Minister from 1841 to 1842.
Early life
Graft von Maltzan[1] was born on 15 April 1793 at Lissa Castle in Leśnica, Breslau, Poland. He was the son of the Count Joachim Alexander Kasimir Maltzahn (1764–1850) and his wife Antoinie von Maltzahn (née Countess von Hoym) (1768–1799). After his mother's death in 1799, his father married Countess Ernestine Friederike von der Groeben (a daughter of Karl Ernst August von der Gröben).[2]
His paternal grandparents were Joachim Karl von Maltzahn, Baron of Wartenburg and Penzlin and Christine Charlotte Maximiliane Ernestine von Mudrach. His maternal grandparents were Count Karl George von Hoym and Antonie Louise Amalie von Dyhrn und Schönau.[3]
Career
Maltzan participated in the War of the Sixth Coalition as an officer in the Prussian Garde du Corps. Then he joined the diplomatic service. At first, he was a legation secretary in various embassies. Later he was the chargé d'affaires in Darmstadt and envoy to The Hague, Hannover and Vienna. Lastly, he had the rank of minister plenipotentiary.[4]
In 1841 Maltzan was made Prussian Foreign Minister. Karl August Varnhagen von Ense reproduced a report by Wilhelm von Humboldt, according to which King Frederick William IV was more satisfied with Maltzan than with any other ministers, and had complete trust and confidence in him.[5] Due to a severe mental illness, however, he was dismissed in 1842, not long before his death in Berlin in 1843.
Personal life
Photograph of his son, Count August Mortimer Joachim von Maltzan, c. 1876.
Count Alexander Joachim Mortimer von Maltzan (1820–1840), who died unmarried.[7]
Count August Mortimer Joachim von Maltzan (1823–1878), who married Baroness Alma Bertha von Veltheim, a daughter of Baron Georg Albert Carl von Veltheim.[7]
^Regarding personal names: Until 1919, Graf was a title, translated as Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin. In Germany, it has formed part of family names since 1919.