Count Friedrich Albrecht zu Eulenburg was a Prussian diplomat and politician. He led the Eulenburg Expedition and secured the Prusso-Japanese Treaty of 24 January 1861, which was similar to other unequal treaties that European powers held Eastern Countries to.
Background
Eulenburg was born in Königsberg. He was the oldest surviving child of Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Eulenburg (Prassen, 26 December 1787 - Königsberg, 30 July 1845) and Amalie Julie Eleonore née von Kleist (Perkuiken, 26 May 1792 - Königsberg, 16 November 1830).
Career
Wa s in the Ministry of Home Affairs till he joined the diplomatic service (1862) and saw service in Antwerp and Warsaw till he came to
Japan with the purpose of concluding treaties with Japan, China and Siam. Landed at Nagasaki on the warship Arcona an immediately set forth for Edo where he was housed in the reception hall at Akabane, Shiba Ward (1860).At first the Japanese Government refused to sign a treaty with him, but the following year through the intercession of American Minister Townsend Harris , he succeeded in entering into a commercial and trade treaty with Japan, consisting of 21 clauses. The treaty, however , did not cover the markets of Edo and Osaka and the ports of Niigata and Hy5g o (Kobe). Returning home he became a minister in the Bismark
Cabinet (1862) but due to differences with Bismark resigned (1878).
Connections
Eulenburg was not married and had no children.