Die Hochburg des Hochadels Aristokratie und Diplomatisches Korps der Habsburgermonarchie im 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert

The following bachelor thesis deals with the rule of nobles in the foreign service of the Danube Monarchy between 1809 and 1918. It not only argues with percentages, but also with the connection between title and place of employment and about social mobility. Furthermore, the reasons and motives for the remarkable high quota of aristocrats in the diplomatic corps are examined. It will be shown that the diplomatic corps remained – in spite of strong embourgeoisement in administration and officer corps – until the end of World War I a stronghold of Habsburg’s aristocracy.