Baron Wladimir Giesl von Gieslingen
| Wladimir Freiherr Giesl von Gieslingen | |
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| Austro-Hungarian Minister to Montenegro | |
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In office 10 December 1909 – 13 November 1913 |
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| Preceded by | Otto Freiherr Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld |
| Succeeded by | Eduard Otto |
| Austro-Hungarian Minister to Serbia | |
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In office 13 November 1913 – 25 July 1914 |
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| Preceded by | Stephan von Ugron zu Ábránfalva |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
18 February 1860 Fünfkirchen, Hungary |
| Died | 20 April 1936 (aged 76) Salzburg, Austria |
Wladimir Rudolf Karl Freiherr Giesl von Gieslingen (18 February 1860 – 20 April 1936), was an Austro-Hungarian general and diplomat during World War I, most famous for delivering the ultimatum to the Serbian government during the July Crisis of 1914.
Born in Fünfkirchen (now Pécs) on 18 February 1860 into an officer's family as the youngest son of Heinrich Karl Giesl von Gieslingen (1821–1906), an Austro-Hungarian general who had taken part in the wars of 1848/1849. After studies at the Theresian Military Academy in 1879, he was commissioned as a lieutenant. Following graduation from the War College in 1884, he was promoted and attached to the General Staff. He subsequently served in various units in Tarnau (now Tarnów), Brno, Sarajevo and Theresienstadt (now Terezín).
In 1893, he was appointed as military attaché to the Austro-Hungarian Embassy at Constantinople (now Istanbul) and was promoted to major the following year. Following the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, he took part in the peacekeeping activities on Crete. In 1898, he was additionally appointed as a military attaché in Athens and Sofia and received promotion to colonel in 1900. In 1906, he was promoted to major-general and the following year he was a member of the Austro-Hungarian delegation to the Second Hague Peace Conference. In 1909, he was appointed as minister at Cetinje and the following year promoted to lieutenant-general.
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