Miksa Hadik

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Miksa Hadik
Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Mexico
In office
21 March 1909 – 30 June 1911
Preceded byKarl Freiherr von Giskra
Succeeded byFranz Freiherr Riedl von Riedenau
Personal details
Born1868
Died1921
Professiondiplomat

Count Miksa Hadik de Futak (German: Maximilian Graf Hadik von Futak) (1868–1921) was a Hungarian diplomat, who served as Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Mexico from 1909 to 1911 and to Sweden from 1912 to 1918, until end of the First World War.

Family

His parents were Count Béla Hadik de Futak, a Rear Admiral and Privy Councillor, and Countess Ilona Barkóczy de Szala, only daughter and heir of Count János Barkóczy. His brothers were Endre, Speaker of the House of Magnates; János, Minister of Food, Prime Minister of Hungary for a short time in 1918; Sándor, a Member of Parliament and Béla, who served as Lord Lieutenant (Count; comes) of Zemplén County.

External links

  • William D. Godsey, Aristocratic Redoubt: The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office on the Eve of the First World War, West Lafayette, Purdue University Press, 1999.
  • Jahrbuch des k.u.k. Auswärtigen Dienstes, 22 vols., Vienna, K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1897–1918.
  • Erwin Matsch, Geschichte des Auswärtigen Dienstes von Österreich-Ungarn 1720-1920, Vienna, Böhlau, 1980.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Karl Freiherr von Giskra
Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Mexico
1909–1911
Succeeded by
Franz Freiherr Riedl von Riedenau
Preceded by Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Sweden
1912–1918
Succeeded by
office abolished