Eduard de Stoeckl
Eduard Guillaume Andreevich Stoeckl (Russian: Эдуард Андреевич Стекль) (1804 – 26 January 1892) was a Russian diplomat best known today for having negotiated the American purchase of Alaska on behalf of the Russian government.
The Baron de Stoeckl PC (Rus) | |
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Photograph of Baron de Stoeckl, by Mathew Brady, between 1855 and 1865 | |
| Ambassador of the Russian Empire to the United States | |
| In office 1855–1869 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Medem |
| Succeeded by | Konstantin Katakazi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eduard Guillaume Andreevich Stoeckl 1804 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 26 January 1892 (aged 87–88) Paris, France |
| Spouse |
Eliza Howard
(m. 1856; died 1892) |
| Parent(s) | Andreas von Stoeckl Maria Pisani |
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