Person
Karl Nesselrode
Russian Empire diplomat of Baltic-German descent
Count Karl Robert Nesselrode, also known as Charles de Nesselrode, (Lisbon, Portugal, December 14, 1780 – Saint Petersburg, March 23, 1862) is a Russian Empire diplomat of Baltic-German descent.
His mother is Jewish by origin and Protestant by faith.
For forty years (1816-1856) Nesselrode as foreign minister guides Russian policy; he is a leading European conservative statesman of the Holy Alliance.