Vincent II, Count von Rumpff was a German diplomat who served as Minister of the Hanseatic cities to the United States and Paris.
11 Facts About Vincent Rumpff
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Vincent Rumpff studied at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Gottingen, receiving a law degree.
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Hamburg re-assumed its pre-1811 status as a city-state in 1814 when Vincent Rumpff returned to his hometown.
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Vincent Rumpff joined the diplomatic service and served as attache at the Congress of Vienna which confirmed Hamburg's independence and it became one of 39 sovereign states of the German Confederation.
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From 1827 to 1828, Vincent Rumpff served as Minister of the Hanseatic cities of Bremen, Hamburg and Lubeck to the United States.
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Vincent Rumpff retired in 1864 and was succeeded as Ambassador of the Hanseatic cities in Paris by Hermann von Heeren.
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In light of riots in Paris which led to the July Revolution of 1830, and the abdication of French King Charles X, Vincent Rumpff sent his wife back to America.
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Vincent Rumpff arrived in New York after King Louis-Philippe was restored to the throne.
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Vincent Rumpff's wife returned to Paris with her sister Dorothea who lived in Paris for several years.
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Vincent Rumpff opened a school at her villa at Genthod.
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Vincent Rumpff's wife died in Rolle on 11 April 1838 and was buried at the Cimetiere de Bursins.