Bethmann

Bethmann

The Bethmann family in Germany, originally from Goslar, achieved greatest prominence in Frankfurt am Main; the Bethmann-Hollweg sideline produced a German chancellor.

  • Konrad Bethmann (1625–1701), Münzwardein and Münzmeister in Nassau and other German places
  • Johann Philipp Bethmann (1715–1793), grandson of Konrad Bethmann, merchant and banker in Frankfurt am Main
  • Johann Jakob Bethmann (1717–1792), grandson of Konrad Bethmann, merchant, shipowner and consul in Bordeaux
  • Simon Moritz Bethmann (1721–1782), grandson of Konrad Bethmann, merchant and banker in Frankfurt am Main
  • Simon Moritz von Bethmann (1768–1826), son of Johann Philipp Bethmann (1715–1793), banker and statesman in Frankfurt am Main
  • Moritz von Bethmann (1811–1877), son of Simon Moritz von Bethmann, banker and merchant in Frankfurt am Main
  • Ludwig Simon Moritz Freiherr von Bethmann (1844–1902), son of Moritz von Bethmann, banker in Frankfurt am Main
  • Moritz Henning August Freiherr von Bethmann (1887-1966), son of Ludwig Simon Moritz Freiherr von Bethmann, banker in Frankfurt am Main
  • Johann Philipp von Bethmann (1924–2007), son of Moritz Henning August Freiherr von Bethmann, banker and book author in Frankfurt am Main
  • August von Bethmann-Hollweg (1795–1877), grandson of Johann Philipp Bethmann (1715–1793), Prussian jurist and politician
  • Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (1856–1921), grandson of August von Bethmann-Hollweg, German politician
  • Alexandre de Bethmann (1805-1871), mayor of Bordeaux from 1867 to 1870, great-grandson of Johann Jakob Bethmann
  • Pierre de Bethmann (1961-), French jazz pianist, 5th-generation descendant of Alexandre de Bethmann

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