List of the Hanoverian envoys to the Hanseatic cities

This is a list of the envoys of the Electorate and Kingdom of Hanover to the three Hanseatic cities of Lübeck , Bremen and Hamburg .

history

Diplomatic relations between the Hanoverian electors and the three Hanseatic cities were established after the establishment of the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1692). With Bremen and Hamburg, the electorate and later kingdom had common borders. Relations with Lübeck were particularly tense in the first half of the 18th century because of the territorial question of Möllner pertinence in the area of ​​the Duchy of Saxony-Lauenburg , which fell to Hanover through the Hamburg settlement (1693) , which was settled in a settlement in 1747 after long negotiations , the implementation of which dragged on through the drawing of new boundaries for the remaining Lübeck exclaves until 1759. Relations with Hamburg were particularly relevant for Hanover, as the Hanoverian legation was located there, and at the same time numerous European countries had their accredited legations that were also responsible for Hanover . At the beginning of the 19th century, large parts of northern Germany were annexed by the Napelonic Empire ; so also the electorate and the Hanseatic cities.

In the 1840s, there were trade-policy differences between Hamburg and Hanover regarding the expansion of the Harburg port . Diplomatic relations ended with the Prussian annexation of the Kingdom of Hanover after the German War (1866).

Heads of mission

Kur-Hannoversche envoy to the Hanseatic cities

1692: Establishment of diplomatic relations

Appointment / accreditation	Recall	Surname	Remarks	appointed by	accredited at
1692	1699	Thomas von Grote	coat of arms (* 1674; † 1713), envoy and plenipotentiary minister , previously among other things envoy to Sweden and envoy to the United Kingdom	Ernst August
1699	1711, Feb. 16	Johann Jacob von Hiebener	(* 1623; † 1711), resident	George I.
1712	1717	Johann Wilhelm Schlueter		George I.
1717	1738, March 9th	Eberhard Ludwig Schlaaf	(† 1738), resident	George I.
1739	1754	Henrich Huge	(† 1762), factor, from 1754 agent	George II
1754	1757	Henrich Huge	(† 1762), agent, factor up to 1754	George II
1757	1759	August Ulrich von Hardenberg	coat of arms (* 1709; † 1778), envoy and authorized minister , previously among other things envoy in Hessen-Kassel	George II
1759	1762	Henrich Huge	(† 1762), agent	George II
1764	1799	Michael-David Meyer	(* 1714; † 1799), Chamber Agent	George III
1799	1804	Samuel-Joseph Wertheimber	(* 1752; † 1809), chamber agent	George III

1804: Relationship is broken off as a result of the French annexation of Braunschweig-Lüneburg

Royal Hanoverian envoy to the Hanseatic cities

1817: Establishment of diplomatic relations

Appointment / accreditation	Recall	Surname	Remarks	appointed by	accredited at
1817	1830, Sep 13	Johann Friedrich Albrecht von Duve	(* 1768; † 1830), Prime Minister	George III
1830	1832	Möller	(* 17 ??; † 18 ??), Prime Minister	William IV
1832, Aug. 15	1852	Charles Hanbury	(* 1791; † 1857), Prime Minister	William IV
1857	1859	Bodo von Hodenberg	coat of arms (* 1826; † 1907) Chargé d'Affaires, Minister-Resident in the Netherlands from 1860 to 1865	George V.
1859, Feb. 10	1866	Gustav Zimmermann	(* 1808; † 1874), Prime Minister	George V.

1866: End of relations as a result of the Prussian annexation of Hanover

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Johann Martin Lappenberg : Journal of the Association for Hamburg History . Association for Hamburg History , Hamburg 1851, p. 446 f . ( online ).
2. ^ Burchard Christian von Spilcker : Archive of the Historical Association for Lower Saxony , Historical Association for Lower Saxony , Hanover 1837, p. 271.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Isabelle Pantel: The Hamburg neutrality in the Seven Years War . LIT Verlag , Münster 2011, p. 268 ( online ).
4. ^ ^{A b} Anton Christian Wedekind : Almanac des Ambassades de l'Europe , Vieweg , Braunschweig 1803, p. 66.
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Johann Peter Wurm: Altes Senatsarchiv (ASA) Externa, German Territories (Braunschweig-Lüneburg) , Archives of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck , Lübeck 2000.
6. ^ "Minister-Resident bey den freyen Hansee cities" [sic] from Eberhard Berenberg : Royal British-Hanover State Calendar to the year 1821 , Berenberg, Nienburg 1821, p. 292.
7. ↑ Justus Perthes : Gothaischer genealogischer Hof-Kalender to the year 1832 , Perthes, Gotha 1832, p. 212.
8. ^ "Minister resident of the three free Hanseatic cities" [sic] from Bernhard von Poten :  Zimmermann, Gustav . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 45, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1900, p. 265 f.