Ottokar Czernin

Ottokar Theobald Otto Maria Graf Czernin von und zu Chudenitz (; 26 September 1872 – 4 April 1932) was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat and politician during the time of World War I, notably serving as Foreign Minister from 1916 to 1918. Life and career Family Czernin was born in Dymokury into an ancient Bohemian noble House of Czernin. In 1897, he married Countess Marie Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1878–1945) in Heřmanův Městec. His younger brother Otto was also a diplomat and served inter alia as envoy to Sofia during World War I. Early career After studying law at the Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague, he joined the Austro-Hungarian foreign service in 1895 and was dispatched to the embassy in Paris. In 1899, he was sent to The Hague, but only three years later he had to resign as a result of a lung infection and retired to his Bohemian estates.