Wilhelm von Perponcher-Sedlnitzky
Count Wilhelm Heinrich Ludwig Arend von Perponcher-Sedlnitzky was a Dutch-German diplomat.
Early life
Perponcher was born in Berlin on 17 July 1819. He was the eldest son of Count Hendrik George de Perponcher Sedlnitsky, a Dutch general and diplomat, and Countess Wilhelmina Frederika Adelaide van Reede Ginkel. Among his siblings were Friedrich von Perponcher-Sedlnitzky, who married Countess Wanda Friederike Ottilie Hedwig von Moltke, and Ludwig von Perponcher-Sedlnitzky, who married Countess Adelheid von Bülow.His paternal grandparents were Baron Cornelis de Perponcher Sedlnitsky,, a justice in the Hof van Holland, and Jonkvrouwe Johanna Maria van Tuyll van Serooskerke. His maternal grandparents were Arend Willem van Reede van Amerongen and Wilhelmina Carolina Elisabeth Albertina Charlotte von Krusemarck. In 1853, he was recognized as belonging to the Prussian nobility with the title of Count.
Career
Perponcher was a Royal Prussian chamberlain and, in 1853, became a Prussian diplomatic representative with the rank of Minister Resident in the Duchy of Nassau and the Free City of Frankfurt. In 1860, he became Envoy to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies at Naples, followed by Envoy to Munich in 1862, Envoy to The Hague in 1863 and then to Brussels. On 5 June 1869, King William III of the Netherlands appointed him Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown. In 1875, Perponcher retired from public life.Personal life
In 1853, Perponcher was married to Countess Antoinette Louise Emilie Julie von Maltzan, Baroness of Wartenburg and Penzlin, a daughter of Count Mortimer von Maltzan and Countess Augusta von der Goltz. Antoinette served as Chief Court Mistress of Empress Augusta. Together, they were the parents of:- Alexander Heinrich Georg Wilhelm von Perponcher-Sedlnitzky, who married Róża Zofia Maria Żeleńska.
- Georg Wilhelm Louis von Perponcher-Sedlnitzky, who died young.
- Elisabeth Victoria Adelaide Charlotte von Perponcher-Sedlnitzky, who married Prince Gebhard Lebrecht Blücher von Wahlstatt, son of Prince Gebhard Bernhard von Blücher von Wahlstatt.
- August Victor Friedrich Wilhelm von Perponcher-Sedlnitzky
- Wilhelm Ernst Robert Heinrich von Perponcher-Sedlnitzky