Theobald Theodor Friedrich Alfred von Bethmann Hollweg (29 November 1856 – 1 January 1921) was a German politician who was Chancellor of the German Empire from 1909 to 1917. He oversaw the German entry into World War I and played a key role during its first three years.
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Theobald Theodor Friedrich Alfred von Bethmann Hollweg (29 November 1856 – 1 January 1921) was a German politician who was Chancellor of the German Empire from 1909 to 1917. He oversaw the German entry into World War I and played a key role during its first three years.
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, in full Theobald Theodor Friedrich Alfred von Bethmann Hollweg, (born November 29, 1856, Hohenfinow, Prussia [now in Germany]—died January 1, 1921, Hohenfinow, Germany), German imperial chancellor before and during World War I who possessed talents for administration but not for governing.
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg was the son of a prominent commercial and agrarian family. After a rather routine rise in German political life, he became Prussian minister of the interior in 1905 and the imperial secretary of state for the interior in 1907.
Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald Theodor Friedrich Alfred von. Imperial German Chancellor and Prussian Minister-President. Born 29 November 1856 in Hohenfinow, German Reich. Died 01 January 1921 in Hohenfinow, German Reich. Bethmann was a career civil servant who became Imperial Germany’s fifth Reich Chancellor and took Germany into the First World ...
BETHMANN HOLLWEG, THEOBALD VON (1856–1921), German statesman, served as imperial chancellor, 1909–1917. Often called the "Hamlet" of German politics, Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg combined a legalistic and bureaucratic mind with inner doubt and misgiving.
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg vertrat liberale Auffassungen und stand der Fortschrittlichen Volkspartei nahe. Er bemühte sich als überparteilicher Kanzler um einen Ausgleich zwischen Sozialdemokratie und Konservatismus ( Politik der Diagonalen, Burgfriedenspolitik ).
(1856–1921). Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg was chancellor of Germany before and during World War I. He worked to avoid war but proved unable to stem the tide of German militarism. Theobald Theodor Friedrich Alfred von Bethmann Hollweg was born on November 29, 1856, in Hohenfinow, Prussia (Germany). He studied law before entering government ...
Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald von. (1856-1921). Born, Howenfinow, Brandenburg. Imperial German Chancellor from 1909 to 1917. Bethmann was a moderate and able politician, whose strength was in forging coalitions and finding acceptable compromises. He served as Prussian minister for the Interior until 1907, and state secretary in the Imperial Office ...
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856-1921) served as Chancellor of Germany from 1909-17, a period which included much of World War One, and during which he fought to maintain social and political coherency as the increasingly vocal liberal elite clashed with reactionary forces typified by the German military machine and monarchist state.
View history. Possible outcome of the Septemberprogramm in Europe. The Septemberprogramm ( German: [zɛpˈtɛmbɐpʁoˌɡʁam], literally "September Program") was a memorandum authorized by Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg of the German Empire at the beginning of World War I (1914–18).