STADION, JOHANN PHILIPP KARL JOSEPH (17631824)

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STADION, JOHANN PHILIPP KARL JOSEPH (17631824) , Austrian statesman, entered the diplomatic service and rose early to a high position. In 17901793 he was

ambassador

AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

in London. After some years of retirement he was entrusted (1800) with a mission to the Prussian

court

COURT
COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the
influence
- INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)
of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

, where he endeavoured in vain to effect an alliance with Austria. He had greater success as

envoy

ENVOY (Fr. envoye, " sent ")

at St

Petersburg

PETERSBURG

, where he played a large

part

PART

in the formation of the third coalition against

Napoleon

NAPOLEON

(18o5). Notwithstanding the failure of this alliance he was made foreign minister, and in conjunction with the archduke Charles pursued a policy of quiet preparation for a fresh trial of strength with France. In 18o8 he abandoned the policy of procrastination, and with the help of Metternich hastened the outbreak of a new war. The unfortunate results of the campaign of 1809 compelled his resignation; but in 1813 he was commissioned to negotiate the convention which finally overthrew

Napoleon

NAPOLEON

. The last ten years of his

life

LIFE

were spent in a strenuous and partly successful attempt to reorganize the disordered finances of his country.
See A. Beer, Zehn Jahre osterreichischer Politik, 18011810 (

Leipzig

LEIPZIG

, 1877); Die Finanzen Oesterreichs im I9 Jahrhundert (Prague, 1877) ; Krones, Zur Geschichte Oesterreichs, 17921876 (Gotha, 1886).

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