Joseph von Radowitz

Joseph von Radowitz


Foreign minister of Prussia
In office 26 September – 2 November 1850
Monarch	Frederick William IV
Preceded by	Alexander von Schleinitz
Succeeded by	Otto Theodor von Manteuffel

Personal details
Born	(1797-02-06)6 February 1797 Blankenburg am Harz, Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Died	25 December 1853(1853-12-25) (aged 56) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Spouse	Countess Maria Auguste Karoline Luise von Voß
Children	5

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Joseph Maria Ernst Christian Wilhelm von Radowitz (6 February 1797 – 25 December 1853) was a conservative Prussian statesman and general famous for his proposal to unify Germany under Prussian leadership by means of a negotiated agreement among the reigning German princes.