Ernst von Weizsäcker
Ernst Freiherr von Weizsäcker | |
|---|---|
Weizsäcker in 1938 | |
| Secretary of State at the Foreign Office | |
| In office 1938–1943 | |
| Preceded by | Hans Georg von Mackensen |
| Succeeded by | Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland |
| Ambassador to the Holy See | |
| In office 1943–1945 | |
| Preceded by | Diego von Bergen |
| Succeeded by | Wolfgang Jaenicke (1954) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 May 1882 |
| Died | 4 August 1951 (aged 69) |
| Spouse |
Marianne von Graevenitz
(m. 1911) |
| Children |
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| Awards | Iron Cross (1st class) Iron Cross (2nd class) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany |
| Branch/service | Imperial German Navy Reichsmarine Schutzstaffel |
| Years of service | 1900–1920, 1938–1945 |
| Rank | SS-Brigadeführer Korvettenkapitän |
| Battles/wars | First World War Second World War |
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Ernst Heinrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker (25 May 1882 – 4 August 1951) was a German naval officer, diplomat and politician. He served as State Secretary at the Foreign Office of Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1943, and as its Ambassador to the Holy See from 1943 to 1945. He was a member of the prominent Weizsäcker family, and the father of German President Richard von Weizsäcker and physicist and philosopher Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker.