Friedrich Wiesner

He learned French, English, Italian, and Czech and studied law and political science at the University of Vienna.

In 1911, Friedrich Ritter von Wiesner joined the Austro-Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Secretary of State.

During the July Crisis in 1914, Wiesner headed the special commission to investigate the murder of the heir to the throne, Franz Ferdinand.

[1] After Austria was annexed to Hitler's Germany, Wiesner was arrested by the Gestapo in 1938, like many other legitimists, and taken to the Buchenwald concentration camp.

His wife, Julia, the widow of Gustav Kreitner whom he married in 1917, appealed to the Attorney General Welsch for his release.