Edouard de Stoeckl

The baron Edouard Andreevich de Stoeckl (ЭдуардАндреевичСтекль) (1804 - 1892) diplomatic Russian known to have today negotiated the sale of Alaska in the name of the government of Russia. He was the son of Andreas von Stoeckl, diplomat Austrian with Istanbul, and of Maria Pisani, girl of Nicolas Pisani, Drogman from Russia to Istanbul. He is deceased in Paris on January 26th 1892. He carried the title of baron occasionally. His/her Alexandre son married in 1892 Agnes Barron, writer more known under the name of Agnès baroness of Stoeckl.

In 1850, it is named Person in charge of the embassy from Russia to Washington, and in 1854 it occupies the post of minister resident, places made vacant by the death of Aleksandr Bodisko. Like its predecessor, Stoeckl had married American, miss Elisa Howard.

Stoeckl had tied friendly relations with the many official ones and politicking American, of which the senator and future Secretary of State William Seward with which it was to negotiate the transfer of Alaska later.

Stoeckl was in favor of the sale of the Alaska (then known under the name of Russia of America) to the the United States, affirming that would make it possible the Russian government to concentrate its resources on the east of the country, the Siberia, particularly on the area of the river Amour. He insisted by saying that while thus making, Russia would avoid future conflicts with the United States. Indeed, it provided that the expansion states-unienne towards the north of America would be inevitable.

End of its life

Stoeckl signed the treaty of transfer of Alaska in March 1867. In thanks of the success of his negotiations, the tsar Alexandre II rewarded it by granting 25.000 dollars to him and an annual pension for 6.000 dollars.

For health reasons, Stoeckl resigned in 1869. It passed the end of its life in France and died in Paris.

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