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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 was a German imperial chancellor before and during World War I who possessed talents for administration but not for governing. A member of a Frankfurt banking family, Bethmann Hollweg studied law at Strassburg, Leipzig, and Berlin and entered the civil service.
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 ).
A biography of the Imperial German Chancellor who led Germany into the First World War and was forced to resign in 1917. Learn about his political career, his role in the war's origins and his controversial legacy.
Overview. Theobald Von Bethmann Hollweg. (b. 1856) Quick Reference. (b. Hohenfinow, 29 Nov. 1856; d. Hohenfinow, 1 Jan. 1921) German; German Chancellor 1909–17 Bethmann Hollweg was the son of a German landed estate owner whose family had produced a number of gifted lawyers, and a French Swiss officer's daughter.
A brief biography of the German chancellor and minister president who supported Austria in the outbreak of World War I. Learn about his political career, his failure to reform the finances, and his role in the war.
Often called the "Hamlet" of German politics, Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg combined a legalistic and bureaucratic mind with inner doubt and misgiving. He was appointed Prussian minister of the interior in 1905 and German state secretary of the interior two years later.
