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Gusztav Siegmund, Graf Kálnoky von Köröspatak (born Dec. 29, 1832, Lettowitz, <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Moravia" class="md-crosslink autoxref " data-show-preview="true">Moravia</a> [now Letovice, Czech Republic]—died  Feb. 13, 1898, Prödlitz [now Brodek]) was an Austro-Hungarian statesman who was minister of <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/international-relations" class="md-crosslink autoxref " data-show-preview="true">foreign affairs</a> from 1881 to 1895
Kálnoky nonetheless tried to improve Austro-Russian relations
Kálnoky caused friction with Italy by stating in a speech (1891) that the question of the temporal power of the papacy was still unsettled
He wanted to use the Vatican to disrupt the Franco-Russian alliance (1893)
Hungarian dislike of Kálnoky’s views favouring papal authority was chiefly responsible for his resignation as foreign minister.