Richard Belcredi

Count Richard von Belcredi (; 12 February 1823 – 2 December 1902) was an Austrian civil servant and statesman, Against delaying actions by Belcredi, the Compromise was achieved after the Austrian defeat in the Austro-Prussian War and the 1866 Peace of Prague, ending the monarchy's membership in the German Confederation. On October 30, Foreign Minister Mensdorff-Pouilly was succeeded by Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust who conducted the negotiations with Hungary and prepared a draft for the Cisleithanian December Constitution.

Beust's concept of a Dual Monarchy finally prevailed against Belcredi's plans to implement a federation of the Austrian crown lands, similar to later proposals of United States of Greater Austria. On 7 February 1867, Belcredi handed in his resignation. In 1881 he was appointed president of the Imperial-Royal Administrative Court and life member of the Austrian House of Lords.

Orders and decorations Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, 1867 Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 1878 Kingdom of Prussia: Knight of the Royal Order of the Crown, 1st Class, 29 July 1864