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by the
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1732), who all became velvet weavers and
Hamburg burghers. Jacob Gossler had nine children, among them Johann Eybert Gossler (1700–1776), who was an accountant and a Hamburg burgher, and who bought the ceremonial office of
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from 1821. He eventually succeeded his brother-in-law Seyler as head of
Berenberg Bank, and was in turn succeeded as head of the company by his own son Johann Heinrich Gossler (III), who also served as consul-general of
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as a partner. Seyler was married to Anna
Henriette Gossler, the eldest daughter of Johann Hinrich Gossler and Elisabeth Berenberg, and became head of Berenberg Bank in 1790.
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since 1791. Since the late 18th century the family has been widely regarded as one of the two most prominent
Hanseatic families of Hamburg, alongside the closely related
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The combined arms of the
Berenberg and Gossler families, used by the baronial Berenberg-Gossler family branch and as the
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and became the bank's sole owner upon the latter's death in 1772. In 1788 Gossler accepted his own son-in-law
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Several family members served as senators in
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of
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The family's earliest known ancestor Claus
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in 1773 to the left; the "improved" coat of arms used from 1832 to the right
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Wilhelm
Gossler (1811–1895) was the grandfather of the painter and sculptor
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describes the family as one of Hamburg's "great business families." The
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Death in Hamburg: Society and Politics in the Cholera Years 1830–1910
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Johann Eybert Gossler was the father of, among others, the banker
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Renate Hauschild-Thiessen: "Adel und BĂĽrgertum in Hamburg." In:
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Vierteljahrsschrift fĂĽr Heraldik, Sphragistik und Genealogie
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in 1932; Heinrich von Berenberg-Gossler also served as
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305:One of Baron Johann von Berenberg-Gossler's sons,
58:, the Gossler family's winter residence from 1788
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230:The Gossler (Berenberg-Gossler) banking family
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287:Johann (known as John) Berenberg Gossler
238:(1738–1790) started as an apprentice at
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484:Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels
415:Das Ende der Weltwirtschaftskrise
293:in 1889 and granted the title of
138:Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co.
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703:Cornelius von Berenberg-Gossler
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372:The coat of arms adopted by
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270:. The latter's brother
259:Johann Heinrich Gossler
668:Anna Henriette Gossler
663:Johann Hinrich Gossler
513:, Oxford, 1987, p. 560
431:The German Bourgeoisie
374:Johann Hinrich Gossler
353:Warburg banking family
236:Johann Hinrich Gossler
216:Johann Hinrich Gossler
122:Johann Hinrich Gossler
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34:Anna Henriette Gossler
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132:and the sole heir to
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673:Ludwig Erdwin Seyler
616:Universal Investment
82:, historically also
658:Elisabeth Berenberg
638:Cornelius Berenberg
244:Elisabeth Berenberg
126:Elisabeth Berenberg
42:Elisabeth Berenberg
781:Hanseatic families
739:Hans-Walter Peters
734:Peter von Kap-Herr
509:Richard J. Evans,
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413:Predöhl, Andreas,
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252:L.E. Seyler
234:The banker
152:—conferred
56:Mortzenhaus
46:L.E. Seyler
957:Categories
837:Hudtwalker
553: and
433:, p. 122,
401:References
334:Antarctica
209:cup-bearer
177:Antarctica
68:Blankenese
927:Sieveking
827:Godeffroy
807:Berenberg
792:Abendroth
435:Routledge
92:Hanseatic
942:Tesdorpf
912:Schuback
907:Schröder
902:SchlĂĽter
897:Petersen
887:Overbeck
847:Jencquel
812:Burchard
285:In 1880
154:baronial
150:nobility
146:republic
114:burghers
922:Siemers
882:Nölting
822:Fehling
802:Amsinck
562:History
453:," in:
291:Prussia
278:, i.e.
263:Senator
183:History
116:in the
110:weavers
103:Hamburg
99:banking
937:Sloman
932:Sillem
917:Seyler
892:Parish
872:Moller
797:Albers
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323:Monaco
268:Hawaii
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192:weaver
189:velvet
84:Gosler
80:GoĂźler
867:Merck
842:Jauch
295:Baron
96:noble
862:Mann
603:Bank
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