Max von Hatzfeldt

Count Maximilian Friedrich Karl Franz von Hatzfeldt zu Trachenberg (7 June 1813 – 19 January 1859) was a Prussian aristocrat and diplomat. By birth he was member of an ancient House of Hatzfeld. Early life Maximilian was born in Berlin on 7 June 1813. He was the second son and youngest child of the Prussian general, Prince Franz Ludwig von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg and Countess Friederike Karoline von der Schulenburg-Kehnert (1779–1832), a daughter of the Prussian minister to the General Directorate Count Friedrich Wilhelm von der Schulenburg-Kehnert. His older sister, Countess Luise von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg was the wife of Prussian General Ludwig Freiherr Roth von Schreckenstein, the Minister of War. Among his other siblings was older brother Prince Hermann Anton von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg and sister Princess Sophie von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg. From his elder brother's second marriage to Countess Marie von Nimptsch, he was uncle to Prince Hermann von Hatzfeldt, who represented the Deutsche Reichspartei in the Reichstag. From his sister's marriage to their first cousin, Edmund Fürst von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg, he was uncle to Paul von Hatzfeldt, who was Ambassador to London and Constantinople, Foreign Secretary, and Head of the Foreign Office. Career