Berenberg family

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Berenberg/Gossler
Coat of arms of the Barons of Berenberg-Gossler; the Berenberg bear (adopted in Flanders in the 16th century) and the Gossler goose foot (adopted in Hamburg in the 18th century)
Current region	Germany
Etymology	Bear mountain
Place of origin	Gummersbach
Connected families	Gossler,Amsinck
Distinctions	HereditaryGrand BurghersofHamburgfrom 1684;senatorsandFirst Mayor of Hamburg;ennobled inPrussiain 1888;Baronialrank in 1910

Coat of arms of the Berenberg family. Detail from a 1710 painting of Cornelius Berenberg (1634–1711).

Berenberg-Gossler coat of arms on a grave at Niendorfer Cemetery, Hamburg

TheBerenberg family(Dutchfor "bear mountain" ) was aFlemish-originedHanseaticfamily ofmerchants,bankersandsenatorsinHamburg,with branches inLondon,Livornoand other European cities. The family was descended from the brothers Hans and Paul Berenberg fromAntwerp,who came as Protestant refugees to thecity-republicof Hamburg following the Fall of Antwerp in 1585 and who established what is nowBerenberg Bankin Hamburg in 1590. The Berenbergs were originallycloth merchantsand became involved inmerchant bankingin the 17th century. Having existed continuously since 1590, Berenberg Bank is the world's oldest surviving merchant bank.

The Berenberg banking family became extinct in the male line withElisabeth Berenberg(1749–1822); she was married toJohann Hinrich Gossler,who became a co-owner of the bank in 1769. From the late 18th century, theGossler family,as owners of Berenberg Bank, rose to great prominence in Hamburg, and was widely considered one of Hamburg's two most prominent families, along with the relatedAmsinckfamily. A branch of the family was later ennobled byPrussiaasBaronsof Berenberg-Gossler (Hamburg was afree imperial cityand had no nobility). Several members of the Berenberg and Gossler families served in theSenate of Hamburgfrom 1735, and Elisabeth Berenberg's grandsonHermann Gosslerbecamehead of stateof the city-republic.Richard J. Evansdescribes the family as one of Hamburg's "great business families."TheGossler IslandsinAntarcticaare named for the family. Elisabeth Berenberg and Johann Hinrich Gossler presently have descendants with names including Berenberg-Gossler,Paus,Bernstorffand other names.

Members of the Berenberg family have founded several other companies. ALondonbranch of the Berenberg family were prominent merchants in theWest Indiestrade from the 17th century and co-founded the London firmMeyer & Berenberg.Berenberg-Gossler & Partner was Hamburg's leading corporate law firm and later merged into the current law firmTaylor Wessing.

History

The Berenbergs in Berg and Brabant

Antwerpin modernBelgiumin 1572

The Berenberg family originates from theBergisches Landregion in theDuchy of Berg.Its earliest known ancestor, Thillmann Berenberg, was born on the Groß-Berenberg estate in 1465, and was acloth merchant.

The growinglinenindustry ofBrabantled Thillmann's son, Jan Berenberg (born 1490 inGummersbach,died 1549 inLier, Belgium), to take his family toLierinAntwerp,where he became aburgherin 1515. He was married to Engele Segers, and they were the parents of Paul Berenberg (born ca. 1533 in Lier, died 1623 in Antwerp), who was a cloth merchant in Antwerp and who married Anna Kriekart from Everbroek. Paul Berenberg was the father of Hans (1561–1626) and Paul Berenberg (1566–1645). The two brothers married sisters Anna (1557–1635) and Francina Snellinck (1559–1642), daughters of the Antwerp merchant Andries Snellinck (1531–1606) and Françoise (Francina) de Rénialme (1539–1610).

The Berenbergs were one of 130 Dutch families that had becomeLutheranduring theReformation.During theEighty Years' War,the family fled Lier and settled in the nearbycity of Antwerp(Stade). The family left Antwerp in 1585 as a result of theFall of Antwerp,when the city was conquered byAlexander Farnese, Duke of Parma.The strongly fortified city, Europe's leading commercial centre at the time, was defended with resolute determination and courage by its citizens, but ultimately fell, and around 60% of the city's pre-siege population fled the city, fearing Spanish massacres orforced conversionto Roman Catholicism.

Grand burghers of Hamburg

Hamburg ca. 1600

Many Dutch refugees settled inHamburg,among them the brothers Hans and Paul Berenberg. In 1590, they founded the merchant house now known asBerenberg Bank.They were originallycloth merchantsand active in theimport-exportbusiness. In Hamburg, the Berenbergs initially formed part of a Dutch colony and intermarried with the city's leading Hanseatic families, several of which were also of Dutch descent (e.g.Amsinck). While a number of Dutch refugees became Hamburg citizens, Hans and Paul Berenberg were not prepared to take that step. In 1605, the Hamburg council issued a decree that gave the Dutch merchants the same rights as the burghers of Hamburg.

Cornelius Berenberg(1634–1711)

Hans Berenberg's son was also named Hans Berenberg (1593–1640), and was married to Adelheid Ruhlant (1611–1684), daughter of theadvocateRütger Ruhlant (1568–1630) who was ennobled by theHoly Roman Emperorin 1622, and Catarina de Greve (1582–1655). Their son,Cornelius Berenberg(1634–1711), was the first to engage inmerchant bankingand developed the company into a very successful merchant house and merchant bank. He forged trade links with France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Scandinavia and Russia. Family connections of the Berenbergs were instrumental to the development, especially in Livorno and Lisbon with its colonies of wealthy Dutch merchants.Cornelius Berenberg was also the first Berenberg to take the oath as a Hamburg burgher in 1684; the family thus became part of Hamburg's ruling class ofGrand Burghers.

Johann Berenberg(1718–1772), owner of Berenberg Bank

Cornelius Berenberg's son,Rudolf Berenberg(1680–1746), was elected aSenatorin 1735. By the mid 18th century,investment bankingandacceptance creditscomprised a significant part of the firm's activities. Rudolf Berenberg was married to Anna ElisabethAmsinck(1690–1748), the daughter of Paul Amsinck (1649–1706), a merchant of Hamburg and Lisbon, who was descended from theWelserfamily. They were the parents of Rudolf Berenberg (1712–61), a merchant in Hamburg, Cornelius Berenberg (1714–73), a merchant inLivorno,SenatorPaul Berenberg(1716–1768) and ofJohann Berenberg(1718–1772), a co-owner and later sole owner of the Berenberg company.

The Gossler and Seyler families

Main articles:Gossler familyandSeyler family

Elisabeth Berenberg(1749–1822), co-owner of Berenberg Bank and wife ofJohann Hinrich Gossler.Upon her death, the Berenberg family became extinct in the male line.

The Berenberg family were merchants, bankers andsenatorsin Hamburg for almost two centuries until the banking branch of the Berenberg family became extinct in themale line.However, Berenberg Bank was passed on to the descendants of Johann Berenberg (1718–1772) in the female line. After Senator Paul Berenberg died childless in 1768, his brother Johann Berenberg took on his son-in-lawJohann Hinrich Gossler(1738–90) as a partner and eventually sole heir, as he was married to Johann Berenberg's only surviving child,Elisabeth Berenberg(1749–1822). The Gossler family is known in Hamburg since the 17th century, when Johann Hinrich Gossler's great-grandfather Claus Gossler (1630–1713) was a Hamburg burgher.The historianPercy Ernst Schrammdescribes their marriage as amarriage of convenience;she was not considered beautiful, but was intelligent, cultivated, kind, spoke many languages (including Latin) and became an exemplary wife and mother. She survived her husband by 32 years and after his death managed the firm together with her son-in-law.

Johann Hinrich Gossler(1738–90), who marriedElisabeth Berenberg(1749–1822)

In 1788, Johann Hinrich Gossler bought theMortzenhauspalace in Alter Wandrahm 101 (later 21). Built in 1621 with a renaissance facade, it was one of the largest and most well known palaces in Hamburg. The building was owned by the Gossler family until the 1880s, when it was demolished to make room for theSpeicherstadt.

Ludwig Erdwin Seyler(1758–1836), who married Anna Henriette Gossler (1771–1836), eldest daughter of Johann Hinrich Gossler and Elisabeth Berenberg

Johann Hinrich Gossler and Elisabeth Berenberg's eldest daughter,Anna Henriette Gossler,was married toLudwig Erdwin Seyler,a son of the famous theatre directorAbel Seyler.In 1788, Johann Hinrich Gossler took on his son-in-law as a partner in the firm, and after Gossler's death in 1790, Seyler became head of the firm, which was renamedJoh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co.in 1791. He held several public offices in Hamburg and served as President of theCommerz-Deputation1817–1818. During theNapoleonic War,Seyler temporarily moved the headquarters of the Berenberg company to the house of his son-in-law,Gerhard von Hosstrup.L.E. Seyler and Anna Henriette Gossler's children were briefly co-owners of Berenberg Bank, and they have many prominent descendants in Hamburg and Norway with family names such as von Hosstrup,WegnerandPaus.

Anna Henriette Gossler(1775–1842), eldest child of Johann Hinrich Gossler and Elisabeth Berenberg, married to the Berenberg company's longtime head L.E. Seyler

Anna Henriette Gossler's younger brotherJohann Heinrich Gosslerbecame a partner in 1798, and was elected asenatorof Hamburg in 1821. Several other family members also served as senators, withHermann GosslerbecomingFirst Mayor(a position equal to the federal princes,Bundesfürsten). In 1880,Johann Berenberg Gossler(who had Berenberg as amiddle name) and his descendants were granted the name Berenberg-Gossler by the Hamburg Senate. The Berenberg-Gosslers were ennobled in theKingdom of Prussia(which was technically a foreign country) in 1888 and raised toBaronialrank in 1910.The Prussian ennoblement was somewhat controversial in the family and in Hamburg, as the grand burghers of Hamburg mostly considered the nobility inferior to Hanseatic families.According to Richard J. Evans, "the wealthy of nineteenth-century Hamburg were for the most part stern republicans, abhorring titles, refusing to accord any deference to the Prussian nobility, and determinedly loyal to their urban background and mercantile heritage."As Johann Berenberg-Gossler was ennobled, his sister Susanne (married nameAmsinck), exclaimed "Aber John, unser guter Name!" (But John, our good name!)

Grave of theGossler family,includingElisabeth Berenberg,Ludwig Erdwin Seyler,Johann Heinrich GosslerandHermann Gossler

In the 19th century, the Berenberg-Gosslers were strongly involved in theindustrialisationprocess in northern Germany and in the North American trade and its finance. In 1847, the Berenberg-Gosslers were the main founders of theHamburg America Line(HAPAG) together with the merchant houseH.J. Merck & Co.,and in 1857 they were among the main founders of theNorddeutscher Lloyd.They also financed theironworksofIlseder Hütte.The houses of Berenberg-Gossler, H.J. Merck andSalomon Heinewere also the main founders of theNorddeutsche Bankin 1856, the first joint-stock bank in northern Germany and one of the predecessors ofDeutsche Bank.

Since the early 19th century, Berenberg Bank had a close cooperation withBarings Bankof London, and its owners a close personal relationship with theBaring family.

During theNazi era,the Berenberg-Gossler family—themselves descended from religious refugees—especially BaronCornelius von Berenberg-Gossler,were strongly involved in helping Jewish-origined friends and associates in Hamburg who faced persecution, securing the release of FritzWarburgin 1939.

Heinrich von Berenberg-Gossler was the last family member to serve as a personally liable partner (until 1979).

In Hamburg, theGossler ParkinBlankeneseis named after the family.

In 18th and 19th century Hamburg, a marriage to a Berenberg/Gossler or the closely relatedAmsinckfamily could greatly advance one's social position, as was the case with Hamburg head of stateMax Predöhl.

Wilhelm Gossler (1811–1895) was the grandfather of the painter and sculptorMary Warburg,who was married to the art historian and cultural theoristAby Warburg,a member of theWarburg banking family.

Joachim von Berenberg-Consbruch(né Consbruch) and other people named Berenberg-Consbruch are not descended from the Berenberg family; he acquired the name by civil name change in Hamburg in 1976. He worked for the bank and his stepfather was a Berenberg-Gossler.

Properties

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  The large building in Alte Gröningerstraße 20, bought in 1755 by Paul Berenberg as seat of the Berenberg company
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  TheMortzenhaus,city residence ofJohann Hinrich Gosslerand his family and seat of Berenberg Bank from 1788. During the summer, the family lived on a property outside the city.
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  Frustberg Houseserved as summer residence of Elisabeth Gossler née Berenberg from 1793 to 1822. It was built by Johann Hinrich Gossler's great-grandfather, cloth merchant Eybert Tiefbrunn, in 1703
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  Goßlerhaus,a manor house inBlankenese,built for John Henry Gossler

Gallery

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  Emilie Gossler (1799–1875), daughter of Senator Johann Heinrich Gossler and wife of business magnate JohannesAmsinck(1792–1879), who earned a fortune trading with South American countries. Painted in 1818 byFriedrich Carl Gröger.
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  Henriette Seyler(1805–75), daughter of Berenberg Bank head and co-ownerL.E. Seylerand Anna Henriette Gossler, and wife of the Norwegian industrialistBenjamin Wegner.Drawn by her sister Molly in 1827.

Coat of arms

The Berenbergs used as their coat of arms abear(im goldenen Felde auf einem grünen Schildfuß ein nach rechts aufgerichteter schwarzer Bär mit goldenem Halsband, in den Vorderpranken einen grünen Zweig haltend).The coat of arms is known since the 17th century and was most likely adopted no later than the 16th century inLier, Belgium.As of 1699, the Berenberg coat of arms was still visible in the church windows in Lier.

In 1773,Johann Hinrich Gossleradopted as his coat of arms a goose foot. From 1832, the family used a more complicated coat of arms.

Upon being ennobled by Prussia in 1889, the family was granted a coat of arms combining the Berenberg and 1773 Gossler coats of arms.This coat of arms is also used as thelogoofBerenberg Bank.

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  Berenberg coat of arms, used since the 16th century
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  Coat of arms of the Gossler family, as used from 1832. The goose foot was adopted as the Gossler arms by Johann Hinrich Gossler in 1773
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  The coat of arms of the Barons of Berenberg-Gossler, combining the Berenberg and Gossler arms
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  A highly stylized version of the combined Berenberg/Gossler coat of arms, used as a logo byBerenberg Bank
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  A 1727 variant of the Berenberg arms (a bear sitting under a tree holding a palm branch in his pawsppr.) on the grave of Sarah Anna Berenberg and her husband,Sir Peter Meyer,inLondon

Lineage

Berenberg Bank partners in bold.

The Berenberg family

The following is the male line Berenberg family, that became extinct in the male line with Elisabeth Berenberg in 1822.

• 1. Jan Berenberg (1490–1549), burgher ofLier,married Engele Segers
  • 2. Paul Berenberg (1533–1603), merchant in Antwerp, married Anna Kriekhart (1537–)
    • 3.Hans Berenberg(1561–1626), merchant in Hamburg, married Anna Snellinck (1557–1635), daughter of Andries Snellinck (1531–1606) and Françoise (Francina) de Rénialme (1539–1610)
      • 4. Francina Berenberg (1591–1628), married ArnoldAmsinck(1579–1656)
      • 4.Hans Berenberg(1593–1640), merchant, married 1) ElisabethAmsinck(1602–1630) and 2) Adelheid Ruhlant (1611–1684), daughter of Rütger Ruhlant (1568–1630, ennobled 1622) and Catarina de Greve (1582–1655)
        • 5. (of father's first marriage)Johann (John) Berenberg(1622–1699), merchant, married Magdalene de Hertoghe (1619–1694)
        • 5.Rudolf Berenberg(1623–1672), merchant, married Susanna de Hertoghe (1617–1674)
        • 5. (of father's second marriage)Cornelius Berenberg(1634–1711), merchant, married Anna Margaretha Colin (1649–1684), daughter of Daniel Colin (1615–1660) and Elisabeth Adelheid Engels (1620–1659)
          • 6.Rudolf Berenberg(1680–1746), merchant, President of theCommerz-Deputation1728–1729 and Senator from 1735, married Anna ElisabethAmsinck(1690–1748), daughter of Paul Amsinck (1649–1706) and Christina Adelheid Capelle (1663–1730)
            • 7.Rudolf Berenberg(1712–1761), merchant in Hamburg
            • 7. Cornelius Berenberg (1714–1773), merchant in Livorno
            • 7.Paul Berenberg(1716–1768), Senator, co-owner of Berenberg Bank
            • 7.Johann Berenberg(1718–1772), sole owner of Berenberg Bank, married Anna Maria Lastrop (1723–1761)
              • 8. Rudolf Berenberg (1748–1768)
              • 8.Elisabeth Berenberg(1749–1822), marriedJohann Hinrich Gossler(1738–90), sole owner of Berenberg Bank
                • for descendants of Elisabeth Berenberg and Johann Hinrich Gossler, see section below
        • 5. Anna Berenberg (1639–1669), married Rudolf Capelle (1635–1684)
          • 6. Christina Adelheid Capelle (1663–1730), married PaulAmsinck(see above)
      • 4. Andreas Berenberg (1595–1661), merchant in Hamburg, married Sara de Hertoghe (1605–1678)
        • 5. Hans Heinrich Berenberg (1623–1701)
          • 6. Paul Berenberg (1659–1712), merchant in London
          • 6. John Henry Berenberg (1663–1701), merchant in London, English citizen 1693, married Elizabeth Lisette, daughter of Sir Richard Lisette
          • 6. Sarah Anna Berenberg (1665–), married SirPeter Meyer,merchant in London
      • 4. Anna Berenberg (1599–1639), married Senator Hermann Langenbeck (1596–1668)
    • 3.Paul Berenberg(1566–1645), married Francina Snellinck (1559–1642)
      • 4. Francina Berenberg (1601–1641), married Johan van Uffelen (1589–1657), whose descendants include KingWillem-Alexander of the Netherlands

The Berenberg/Gossler family

The following are the descendants ofElisabeth BerenbergandJohann Hinrich Gossler,the founders of the Berenberg-Gossler family. The numbers are continued from the section above.

• 8.Elisabeth Berenberg(1749–1822), co-owner of Berenberg Bank, marriedJohann Hinrich Gossler(1738–90), sole owner and head of Berenberg Bank
  • 9.Anna Henriette Gossler(1771–1836), marriedLudwig Erdwin Seyler(1758–1836), co-owner and head of Berenberg Bank, President of theCommerz-Deputation1817–1818
    • 10.Sophie Henriette Elisabeth ( "Betty" ) Seyler(1789–1837), co-owner of Berenberg Bank (1836), marriedGerhard von Hosstrup(1771–1851)
      • 11.Egmont von Hosstrup(1813–1876)
      • 11. Bertha von Hosstrup (1814–1902), marriedAlbert Hänel
      • 11. Elisabeth von Hosstrup
    • 10.Johann Heinrich Seyler,co-owner of Berenberg Bank (1836)
    • 10.Emilie ( "Emmy" ) Seyler,co-owner of Berenberg Bank (1836), married Homann
    • 10.Louise Auguste Seyler,co-owner of Berenberg Bank (1836), marriedGerhard von Hosstrup(1771–1851)
    • 10.Maria ( "Molly" ) Seyler,co-owner of Berenberg Bank (1836)
    • 10.Louise ( "Wischen" ) Seyler(1799–1849), co-owner of Berenberg Bank (1836), marriedErnst Friedrich Pinckernelle(1787–1868)
    • 10.Henriette Seyler(1805–1875), co-owner of Berenberg Bank (1836), married Norwegian industrialistBenjamin Wegner(1795–1864)
      • 11. Johan Ludwig Wegner (1830–1893), judge in Norway, married Blanca Bretteville, daughter of Prime MinisterChristian Zetlitz Bretteville
        • 12. Olga Wegner (1858–1943), married supreme court justiceKarenus Kristofer Thinn
      • 11. Heinrich Benjamin Wegner (1833–1911), timber merchant, married Henriette Vibe, daughter of classical philologistFrederik Ludvig Vibe
      • 11. Elisabeth Sophie Dorothea Henriette Wegner (1838–1906), married colonel and aide-de-camp to King CharlesHans Jacob Nørregaard
        • 12.Benjamin Wegner Nørregaard(1861–1935), war correspondent and government minister in China
        • 12. Ludvig Paul Rudolf Nørregaard (1863–1928), wine merchant and Norwegian consul in Tarragona
        • 12.Harald Nørregaard(1864–1938), barrister and Chairman of the Norwegian Bar Association
      • 11.Anna Henriette Wegner(1841–1918), married private school ownerBernhard Cathrinus Pauss
        • 12.Nikolai Nissen Paus(1877–1956), surgeon and President of the Norwegian Red Cross
        • 12. Henriette Wegner Paus (1879–1942), married to private school ownerTheodor Haagaas
        • 12.Augustin Thoresen Paus(1881–1945), hydropower executive
        • 12.George Wegner Paus(1882–1923), barrister and Director at the Norwegian Employers' Confederation
        • 12. Karoline Louise Paus (1884–1967), married to barrister Thorleif Ellestad
      • 11. George Mygind Wegner (1847–1881), barrister
  • 9. Johann Nicolaus Gossler (1774-1848)
  • 9.Johann Heinrich GosslerII (1775–1842) (birth year reported as 1772 by some sources), Senator, co-owner of Berenberg Bank
    • 10. Emilie Gossler (1799-1875), married JohannesAmsinck(1792–1879)
    • 10.Hermann Gossler(1802–1877), Senator and First Mayor
      • 11. Johann Heinrich Gossler (1834–1876), merchant, Hamburg Consul in Boston from 1864, later representative of the North German Confederation and the German Empire until 1872
      • 11. Hermann Gossler (1845–1908), lawyer and judge in Hamburg
    • 10.Johann Heinrich GosslerIII (1805-1879), co-owner of Berenberg Bank, consul-general ofHawaii,married Mary Elizabeth Bray (1810–1886), a granddaughter ofSamuel Eliot
      • 11. Marianne Gossler (1830–1908), married Friedrich Wilhelm Burchard (1824–1892), co-owner of Berenberg Bank
        • 12.Johann Heinrich Burchard(1852–1912), First Mayor, married Emily HenrietteAmsinck(1858–1931)
        • 12. Ulrich Hermann Christoph Burchard (1861–1926), married Olga JulianeAmsinck(1865–)
      • 11. Frances Eliot Gossler (1832–59), married Hermann Ludwig Behn (1820–1901)
      • 11. Susanne Catharine Gossler (1835–), married Martin GarliebAmsinck(1831–1905)
      • 11. BaronJohann von Berenberg-Gossler(known as John) (1839–1913), co-owner of Berenberg Bank, married to Juliane Amalie Donner (1843–1916)
        • 12.John von Berenberg-Gossler(1866–1943), Senator, Ambassador
        • 12. Frances von Berenberg-Gossler (1868–1951), married BaronHans von Berlepsch
        • 12. BaronCornelius von Berenberg-Gossler(1874–1953), co-owner of Berenberg Bank, married Nadia Clara von Oesterreich
          • 13. Clara Nadia von Berenberg-Gossler (1899–), married Emmo von Specht
          • 13. Cornelius Johann Constantin von Berenberg-Gossler (1901–1942)
          • 13. Cornelia Nadia Julie von Berenberg-Gossler (1905–)
          • 13. BaronHeinrich von Berenberg-Gossler(1907–1997), co-owner of Berenberg Bank, consul general ofMonaco
            • 14. Baron Cornelius von Berenberg-Gossler
            • 14.Heinrich von Berenberg-Gossler (publisher),founder ofBerenberg Verlag
          • 13. Cornelius Johann Heinrich Hellmuth von Berenberg-Gossler (1909–), married Irmgard Else Meyer
            • 14. Cornelius Johann Heinrich Gerhard von Berenberg-Gossler
            • 14. Clarita Irmela Nadia von Berenberg-Gossler, married Count Hartwig (Rabe) Joachim Cornelius Alexander vonBernstorff
          • 13. Cornelius Paul Hellmuth von Berenberg-Gossler (1911–), married Maria Luise Francke
            • 14. Johann David Rudolf Cornelius von Berenberg-Gossler
            • 14. Alexander John von Berenberg-Gossler
          • 13. Nadia von Berenberg-Gossler
        • 12.Andreas von Berenberg-Gossler(1880–1938), co-owner of Berenberg Bank, married Agnes Victorina von Francois
          • 13. Maria Nadia von Berenberg-Gossler (1908–)
        • 12. Herbert von Berenberg-Gossler (1883–1918), Professor Dr.med. et phil., married Anna Jutta Sara Elisabeth von Mallinckrodt
      • 11. John Henry Gossler (1849–1914), merchant
    • 10. Ernst Gossler (1806–1889), married Mathilde Huffel
      • 11. Oscar Gossler (1843–), married Elizabeth Gossler (1848–)
        • 12. Emmy Gossler, married WilhelmAmsinck(1869–)
    • 10. Susanna Helene Gossler (1808–1893), married Senator Ami de Chapeaurouge
    • 10.Wilhelm Gossler(1811–1895), married Margarete Elisabeth Donner, served as President of theCommerz-Deputation1853
      • 11. Maria Gossler (1844–1915), married Hamburg senator A.F. Hertz
        • 12.Mary Hertz(1866–1934), painter and sculptor, marriedAby Warburg
      • 11. Elizabeth Gossler (1848–), married Oscar Gossler (1843–) (see above)
    • 10. Gustav Gossler (1813–1844)

Notable descendants of Johann Hinrich Gossler and Elisabeth Berenberg

Child portrait of Helene Kaemmerer (1869–1953), daughter of bankerGeorg Heinrich Kaemmererand maternal granddaughter of Hamburg head of stateHermann Gossler(exhibited in theHamburg Museum)

Johann Hinrich GosslerandElisabeth Berenberg,founders of the Berenberg-Gossler family, have many notable descendants in Germany, Norway and other countries with names including Gossler,Seyler,von Berenberg-Gossler, von Hosstrup,Pinckernelle,Schramm, Burchard,Wegner,Amsinck,Paus,Kaemmererand vonBernstorff.

Ludwig Erdwin Seylerand Anna Henriette Gossler's great-grandsonHarald Nørregaard,painted byEdvard Munch(1899). The painting is owned by theNational Gallery of Norway

Nikolai Nissen Paus,President of the Norwegian Red Cross

• Martin Garlieb Amsinck,ship-owner
• Johann Heinrich Burchard,First Mayor of Hamburg
• Wilhelm Amsinck Burchard-Motz,Senator and Second Mayor of Hamburg
• Hermann Gossler,First Mayor of Hamburg
• Johann Heinrich Gossler,Senator
• BaronCornelius von Berenberg-Gossler,banker
• BaronHeinrich von Berenberg-Gossler,banker
• BaronJohann von Berenberg-Gossler,banker
• John von Berenberg-Gossler,Senator, German Ambassador to Italy
• Egmont von Hosstrup,publisher
• Benjamin Wegner Nørregaard,Norwegian war correspondent
• Harald Nørregaard,supreme court advocate and chairman of the Norwegian Bar Association, friend ofEdvard Munch
• Nikolai Nissen Paus,humanitarian, President of the Norwegian Red Cross
• George Wegner Paus,barrister and Director at the Norwegian Employers' Confederation
• Bernhard Paus,humanitarian, Grand Master of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons
• Gustav and Johann Ernst Pinckernelle,insurance brokers
• Percy Ernst Schramm,historian

Other Berenberg descendants

Among other Berenberg descendants are members of virtually all old Hamburg Hanseatic families, as well as KingWillem-Alexander of the Netherlands(a descendant of Berenberg Bank co-founder Paul Berenberg (1566–1645) and Francina Snellinck (1559–1642)).

See also

• Seyler family
• Baron of Berenberg-Gossler

Literature

• Clarita Bernstorff, Hartwig Bernstorff,Emanuel Eckardt,Change is the only constant: Berenberg; a history of one of the world's oldest banks,Hanser Literaturverlage, 336 pages,ISBN978-1-56990-601-9
• "Freiherren von Berenberg-Gossler," inGenealogisches Handbuch des Adels,Band 16, Freiherrliche Häuser B II, C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1957
• Berenberg/Gossler,Neue Deutsche Biographie
• A. Leesenberg, "Die Berenberg-Gossler,"Vierteljahrsschrift für Heraldik, Sphragistik und Genealogie,IX, pp. 1–16, Carl Heymann's Verlag, Berlin, 1881.
• A. Leesenberg, "Genealogie der Familie Gossler,"Vierteljahrsschrift für Heraldik, Sphragistik und Genealogie,IX, pp. 17–25, Carl Heymann's Verlag, Berlin, 1881.
• Percy Ernst Schramm,Neun Generationen: Dreihundert Jahre deutscher Kulturgeschichte im Lichte der Schicksale einer Hamburger Bürgerfamilie (1648–1948).Vol. I and II, Göttingen 1963/64.
• Percy Ernst Schramm,Kaufleute zu Haus und über See. Hamburgische Zeugnisse des 17., 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts,Hamburg, Hoffmann und Campe, 1949
• Percy Ernst Schramm,"Kaufleute während Besatzung, Krieg und Belagerung (1806–1815): der Hamburger Handel in der Franzosenzeit, dargestellt an Hand von Firmen- und Familienpapieren."Tradition: Zeitschrift für Firmengeschichte und Unternehmerbiographie,Vol. 4. Jahrg., No. 1. (Feb 1959), pp. 1–22.https://www.jstor.org/stable/40696638
• Percy Ernst Schramm,"Hamburger Kaufleute in der 2. Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts," in:Tradition. Zeitschrift für Firmengeschichte und Unternehmerbiographie1957, No 4., pp. 307–332.https://www.jstor.org/stable/40696554
• Percy Ernst Schramm,Die Vorfahren der Anna Maria Berenberg, geb. Lastrop (1723–61),1957
• Hamburgische Biografie-Personenlexikon,Vol. 2, ed. by Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke
• Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co.: Die Geschichte eines deutschen Privatbankhauses,Berenberg Bank, Hamburg 1990
• Manfred Pohl,Handbook on the History of European Banks,European Association for Banking History, p. 362
• Renate Hauschild-Thiessen, "Johann Berenberg (1674–1749) und seine Genealogien,"Hamburgische Geschichts- und Heimatblätter10.8 (Dec 1981): 183–186
• Arne C. Wasmuth og Torsten A. Reimers,Hanseatische Dynastien. Alte Hamburger Familien öffnen ihre Alben,2001,ISBN3434525890

Furthermore, the Staatsarchiv Hamburg contains extensive Berenberg/Gossler materials.

External links

• History of Berenberg Bank