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Czernin, Ottokar, Graf (ô`tōkär gräf chĕr`nĭn), 1872–1932, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister. He was an adviser to Archduke Francis Ferdinand. As foreign minister (1916–18) he sought a negotiated peace, but was unwilling to abandon Austrian war aims in Italy and the Balkans. He was one of the negotiators of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of (brĕst-lĭtôfsk`)
..... Click the link for more information. . Czernin was dismissed after the private peace-making attempts of Emperor Charles I Charles I, 1887–1922, last emperor of Austria and, as Charles IV, king of Hungary (1916–18); son of Archduke Otto and grandnephew and successor of Emperor Francis Joseph. He married Zita of Bourbon-Parma.
..... Click the link for more information. , extended through Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma, Prince, 1886–1934, son of Robert, last duke of Parma. While serving as an officer in the Belgian army, he was the intermediary for his brother-in-law, Emperor Charles I of Austria-Hungary, in Charles's secret attempt to negotiate peace
..... Click the link for more information. , were dramatically disclosed by the French premier, Clemenceau.