List of ambassadors of Prussia to Austria

Last updated May 12, 2024

The following is a partial list of Prussian envoys to the Habsburg monarchy in Austria.

History

Diplomatic relations have been maintained since 1646.^[1]

Brandenburg residents

1647 Ewald von Kleist [ de ], envoy extraordinary^[2]
1655 Johann Friedrich von Löben, envoy extraordinary^[3]
1658 Frederick von Jena ^[3]
1661 Johann Friedrich von Löben, envoy extraordinary^[3]
1672 Prince John George II ^[3]
1673 Christoph von Brandt ^[3]
1674 Lorenz Georg von Krockow ^[3]
1678–16?? Andreas Neumann ^[3]
1678 Lorenz Georg von Krockow ^[3]
????–1687 Bernhard Ernst von Schmettau ^[3]
1682 Lorenz Georg von Krockow ^[3]
1683–1685 Otto von Schwerin (the younger)^[3]
1686 Friedrich Rudolf Ludwig von Canitz ^[3]
1687 Christian Friedrich von Bartholdi (1668–1714)^[3]

Envoys

1716–1723 Friedrich Wilhelm von Schwerin (1678–1727)^[4]
1724–1732: Christian von Brandt (1684–1749)

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1738–1740: Kaspar Wilhelm von Borcke (1704–1747)

Break off of diplomatic relations during the Silesian Wars

1746–1750: Otto Christoph von Podewils (1719–1781)
1750–1757: Joachim Wilhelm von Klinggräff (1692–1757)
1756: Christoph Heinrich von Ammon (1713–1783)

...

1763–1772: Jakob Friedrich von Rohd (1703–1784)
1771–1773: Georg Ludwig von Edelsheim (1740–1814)
1773–1785: Johann Hermann Riedesel zu Eisenbach (1740–1785)

...

1790–1792: Constans Philipp Wilhelm von Jacobi-Klöst (1745–1817)
1793–1797: Girolamo Lucchesini (1751–1825)
1797–1805: Christoph von Keller (1757–1827)
1805–1807: Karl Christian von Brockhausen (1767–1829)
1807–1810: Karl Friedrich Albrecht Finck von Finckenstein (1772–1811)
1810–1815: Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835)
1816–1822: Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Krusemarck (1767–1822)
1822–1827: Franz Ludwig von Hatzfeldt (1756–1827)
1827–1833: Bogislaw von Maltzahn (1793–1833)
1833–1841: Mortimer von Maltzahn (1793–1843)
1841–1845: Karl von Canitz and Dallwitz (1787–1850)
1845–1848: Heinrich Friedrich von Arnim-Heinrichsdorff-Werbelow (1791–1859)
1848–1851: Albrecht von Bernstorff (1809–1873)
1851–1858: Heinrich Friedrich von Arnim-Heinrichsdorff-Werbelow (1791–1859)
1859–1869: Karl von Werther (1809–1894)

From 1867: Ambassador of the North German Confederation, from 1871 Ambassador of the German Empire.^[5]^[6]

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References

↑ Zedlitz-Neukirch, Leopold Freiherr von (1836). Neues preussisches Adels-Lexicon: oder genealogische und diplomatische Nachrichten von den in der preussischen Monarchie ansässigen oder zu derselben in Beziehung stehenden fürstlichen, gräflichen, freiherrlichen und adeligen Häusern (in German). Reichenbach. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
↑ Vehse, Eduard (1851). Geschichte des preussischen Hofs und Adels und der preussischen Diplomatie (in German). Hoffmann und Campe. p. 228. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Vehse 1851, p. 228.
↑ Straubel, Rolf (2009). Biographisches Handbuch der preussischen Verwaltungs- und Justizbeamten 1740-1806/15. München: K. G. Saur. ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
↑ Parliament, Great Britain (1861). Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates. Wyman. p. 1265. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
↑ Hicks, Geoff; Charmley, John; Grosvenor, Bendor (20 December 2012). Documents on Conservative Foreign Policy, 1852-1878. Cambridge University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-107-03592-8 . Retrieved 5 January 2024.

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[Zedlitz-Neukirch1836-1] Zedlitz-Neukirch, Leopold Freiherr von (1836). Neues preussisches Adels-Lexicon: oder genealogische und diplomatische Nachrichten von den in der preussischen Monarchie ansässigen oder zu derselben in Beziehung stehenden fürstlichen, gräflichen, freiherrlichen und adeligen Häusern (in German). Reichenbach. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[Vehse1851-2] Vehse, Eduard (1851). Geschichte des preussischen Hofs und Adels und der preussischen Diplomatie (in German). Hoffmann und Campe. p. 228. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[FOOTNOTEVehse1851228-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Vehse 1851, p. 228.

[Straubel2009-4] Straubel, Rolf (2009). Biographisches Handbuch der preussischen Verwaltungs- und Justizbeamten 1740-1806/15. München: K. G. Saur. ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 . Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[Parliament1861-5] Parliament, Great Britain (1861). Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates. Wyman. p. 1265. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[Hicks2012-6] Hicks, Geoff; Charmley, John; Grosvenor, Bendor (20 December 2012). Documents on Conservative Foreign Policy, 1852-1878. Cambridge University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-107-03592-8 . Retrieved 5 January 2024.

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