NESSELRODE, COUNT VON

NESSELRODE, COUNT VON
   celebrated Russian diplomatist, born at Lisbon, where his father was Russian ambassador; represented Russia at a succession of congresses, played a prominent part at them, and directed the foreign policy of the empire under Alexander I. and Nicholas I., from 1816 to 1856, though he strove to avoid the war which broke out in 1853 (1780-1862).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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