Luigi Aldrovandi Marescotti, Count of Viano, LLD, (5 October 1876 – 9 July 1945) was an Italian politician and diplomat. He was educated at the University of Bologna.
Luigi Aldrovandi Marescotti | |
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Luigi Aldrovandi Marescotti (centre), 1935 | |
Italian ambassador to Bulgaria | |
In office 14 September 1920 – 22 February 1923 | |
Preceded by | Fausto Cucchi Boasso |
Succeeded by | Sabino Rinella |
Italian ambassador to Argentina | |
In office 6 December 1923 – 16 May 1926 | |
Preceded by | Giuseppe Colli di Felizzano |
Succeeded by | Alberto Martin-Franklin |
Italian ambassador to Germany | |
In office 23 February 1926 – 14 November 1929 | |
Preceded by | Alessandro De Bosdari |
Succeeded by | Luca Orsini Baroni |
Personal details | |
Born | Bologna | 5 October 1876
Died | 9 July 1945 Rome | (aged 68)
Biography
editHe graduated in Law in 1897 from the University of Bologna and entered the consular career, following a competition, in 1900. Marescotti was an associate of Prime Minister Sidney Sonnino and was appointed to the Paris Conference. He was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in The Hague (February 1920), Sofia (1920 - 1923) and Cairo (March 1923). From November 1923 he was Ambassador to Buenos Aires and from March 1926 to December 1929 to Berlin.[1]
In 1939 he was appointed Senator of the Kingdom of Italy.[2] He resigned as Senator on 21 October 1944 following the order of the High Court of Justice for sanctions against fascism.
He wrote two autobiographical books, containing various portions of a diary, covering the First World War and its peace treaty seen by him as a spectator of many conferences and talks.
Works
edit- Guerra diplomatica. Ricordi e frammenti di un diario (1914-1919) (1936)
- Nuovi ricordi e frammenti di diario (1938)
Honors
editGrand cordon of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Stefano Baldi. "Ambasciatori d'Italia a Sofia" (PDF) (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- ^ The International Who's Who 1943-44. 8th edition. George Allen & Unwin, London, 1943, p. 11.