Nesselrode

Nesselrode, Karl Robert, Count (1780-1862), the Russian diplomatist, was born at Lisbon. He played an important part at the Congress of Vienna, and in the negotiation of the Holy Alliance, and under the Emperor Nicholas directed the foreign policy of Russia to a large extent. He, however, opposed the Crimean War, and on the accession of Alexander II. retired from public life, though nominally Chancellor for some years longer.