Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Quadt zu Wykradt und Isny (23 December 1818, Isny im Allgäu, Germany – 24 October 1892, Lindau, Germany) was a Bavarian politician and diplomat.
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Early life
Quadt was born in Isny on 23 December 1818. He was the son of Count Wilhelm von Quadt-Wykradt-Isny and Maria Anna, Countess von Thurn-Valsassina. His elder brother, Bavarian Reichsrat Otto von Quadt-Wykradt-Isny, married Countess Marie von Schönburg-Forderglauchau (a daughter of Alban von Schönburg-Forderglauchau).
He attended high school in Kempten before attending the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
Career
He served as interim chargé d'affaires in St. Petersburg, Hanover and Paris. In 1848, he was a member of the Pre-Parliament. From 1860, he was Bavarian Envoy in Hanover, from 1867 in Brussels, and from 1868 to 1870 in Paris. In 1871, he was the Bavarian envoy at the peace negotiations in Brussels and signed the protocol to the peace treaty with France in Berlin.
He was a Centre Party member of the German Reichstag from 1874 to 1877 for the constituency of Middle Franconia and from 1881 to 1884 for the constituency of Swabia.