What is Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg?
[[File:Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg by E. Bieber.jpg|thumb|Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg]] '''Theobald Theodor Friedrich Alfred von Bethmann Hollweg''' (November 29, [[1856]] in [[Hohenfinow]] (nowadays in [[Brandenburg]]) – January 1, [[1921]] in the same place) was a German [[independent (politician)|independent]] politician. He was [[Reich Chancellor]] (''Reichskanzler'') of the [[German Empire]] during the greatest part of [[World War I]]. Von Bethmann Holweg studied law at the [[University of Strasbourg]], [[Leipzig University]] and the [[Humboldt-University of Berlin]]. He started working in the civil service of [[Prussia]] in 1882. He became president of the [[Province of Brandenburg]] in 1899. He was twice Minister of the Interior: of Prussia from 1905 to 1907, and of the German Empire from 1907 to 1909. He was also [[Vice Chancellor of Germany]] from 1907 to 1909. He became Reich Chancellor in July 1909, succeeding [[Bernhard von Bülow]]. Before the war he tried in vain to improve relations with the United Kingdom. During the war he unsuccessfully opposed the launching of the [[U-boat]] warfare without any restrictions in March 1917. Because of peace efforts of the [[Reichstag (institution)|Reichstag]] he resigned in July 1917, and was succeeded by [[Georg Michaelis]]. After the war he wrote his memoirs. Von Bethmann Hollweg died of [[pneumonia]] at the age of 64. == References == * [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4546122 www.jstor.org] {{Commonscat|Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald von}} [[Category:1856 births]] [[Category:1921 deaths]] [[Category:Chancellors of the German Empire]] [[Category:German autobiographers]] [[Category:Prussian nobility]] [[Category:German people of World War I]] [[Category:Government ministers of the German Empire]] [[Category:Members of the Reichstag (German Empire)]] [[Category:Politicians from Brandenburg]] [[Category:Prussian politicians]] [[Category:Vice Chancellors of Germany]]