Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly, Prince von Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (April 2010) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the German article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at [[:de:Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|de|Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation. You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (April 2010) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the French article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at [[:fr:Alexandre de Mensdorff-Pouilly]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|fr|Alexandre de Mensdorff-Pouilly}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation. (Learn how and when to remove this message)

His Serene Highness Alexander Graf von Mensdorff-Pouilly Fürst von Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg
Portrait by Friedrich von Amerling
4th Chairman of the Austrian Ministers' Conference
In office 26 June 1865 – 27 July 1865
Monarch	Francis Joseph I
Preceded by	Erzherzog Rainer Ferdinand von Österreich
Succeeded by	Richard Graf von Belcredi
8th Foreign Minister of the Austrian Empire
In office 27 October 1864 – 30 October 1866
Preceded by	Johann Bernhard Graf von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen
Succeeded by	Friedrich Ferdinand Graf von Beust
Personal details
Born	Alexander Konstantin Albrecht Graf von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1813-08-04)4 August 1813 Coburg
Died	14 February 1871(1871-02-14) (aged 57)
Spouse	Alexandrine von Dietrichstein
Children	Hugo, 2nd Prince von Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein
Parent(s)	Count Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Count Alexander Konstantin Albrecht von Mensdorff-Pouilly, 1st Prince von Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg (German: Alexander Konstantin Albrecht Graf von Mensdorff-Pouilly, 1. Fürst von Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg; 4 August 1813 in Coburg – 14 February 1871) was an Austrian general, diplomat and politician, including two years as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1864–66) and one month's service as Minister-President of Austria. He was a cousin of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and a favorite cousin and childhood playmate of her husband Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.