Diplomatic Career
1842 : Began internship at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vienna.
1848 : Franz Joseph I succeeds his uncle Ferdinand I as Emperor of Austria at the age of 18. Count Felix Schwarzenberg, statesman who restored the Habsburg Empire as a European power following the revolution of 1848 appointed Minister President and Foreign Minister.
1849 : Appointed Legation Attaché to Switzerland (Bern and Zurich)).
1849 : In April, Braun appointed Presidential Secretary of the Minister President and Foreign Minister of Austria, Count Felix Schwarzenberg.
1850-1851 : Accompanied the Foreign Minister to conferences in Dresden and other German courts and was entrusted with special missions at this crucial historic moment for the Empire.
1851 : Appointed as Legation Secretary to the Presidential Embassy in Frankfurt am Main as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of Austria to Frankfurt am Main, Hessen Darmstadt and Hessen-Nassau.
1856 : Promoted to the full tenure of Chargé d’Affairs (Geschäftsträger) at the Embassy in Frankfurt am Main.
1859 : Promoted to the rank of Legation Counsellor. Responsibilities as Chargé d’Affairs were extended to the Princely Courts of Lippe, Schaumburg-Lippe, Waldeck and Hessen-Homburg and to a special mission at the Grand Duchy of Baden.
1861 : Interim Head of the Office of German Affairs in Vienna before moving back to Frankfurt in August of the same year.
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