Conrad Johann Matthiessen
Conrad Johann Matthiessen (born July 25, 1751 in Hamburg , † January 23, 1822 in Paris ) was a merchant and banker.
biography
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His father was the wealthy businessman Hieronymus Matthiessen, his mother Susanne Texier, a Huguenot , sister of Peter Texier .
Conrad Johann Matthiessen was a partner in the Hamburg merchant house Matthiesen & Sillem . Around 1787 he left the management to Hieronymus Sillem because of his many trips .
He belonged to the circle of friends of Georg Heinrich Sieveking and Caspar Voght (including Elise Reimarus , Magdalena Pauli and Elisa von der Recke ). He was a member of the Monday Society founded by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock in 1784 .
In 1793, together with Sieveking and Piter Poel, he acquired a country estate in Neumühlen near Altona, the area of which is known today as Donners Park .
In 1796 he married the niece of Henriette de Sercey (Comtesse de Genlis who had emigrated from France), from whom he was divorced in 1801. From this connection a girl was born: Émilie Conradine Matthiessen, born on June 28, 1801 in Hamburg , married to Charles Strickland Standish (1790–1863), Lord of the Manor of Standish , on January 18, 1822 in Carlepont . She died in Paris on June 24, 1831 .
In the same year he left the country estate to his friends and acquired a property in Niendorf, which at the time was still outside Hamburg .
He was enthusiastic about the goals of the French Revolution and took part in the Revolution Festival in Sieveking's garden in July 1790. In the winter of 1790/91 he stayed in Paris, where he was a member of Club 87 and had relationships with La Rochefoucauld .
His brother-in-law was Johan Cesar Godeffroy (1742-1818) .
literature
- Dr. W. [ilhelm] Sillem: Conrad Johann Matthiessen , in: Mitteilungen des Verein für Hamburgische Geschichte , 5th vol. 14th year 1891, Mauke & Söhne, Hamburg, 1892, pp. 303–312 and pp. 320–325, ( Hamburg State and University Library ).
supporting documents
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Matthiessen, Conrad Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German merchant and banker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1751 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 1822 |
| Place of death | Paris |