The Seyler family (also spelled Seiler) is a Swiss family, originally a
patrician
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family from
Liestal near
Basel
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. Family members served as councillors and
Schultheiß
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en of Liestal from the 15th century, later also as members of the
Grand Council of Basel. A
Hamburg
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branch descended from the banker and renowned theatre director
Abel Seyler
Abel Seyler (23 August 1730, Liestal – 25 April 1800, Rellingen) was a Swiss-born theatre director and former merchant banker, who was regarded as one of the great theatre principals of 18th century Europe. He played a pivotal role in the deve ...
became by marriage a part of the
Berenberg banking dynasty, co-owners of
Berenberg Bank
Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, commonly known as Berenberg Bank and also branded as simply Berenberg, is a multinational full-service investment bank based in Hamburg, Germany.
It was founded by the Flemish Berenberg family in 1590 () and ...
and part of Hamburg's ruling class of
Hanseaten.
History
Among the earliest known family members are Johannes Seyler, who was a councillor in
Liestal in 1445, and Martin Seyler, a
Schultheiß
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(mayor) of Liestal in 1477. Balthasar Seyler (died 1460) was a canon and dean of the
Stift
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of St. Peter.
[Seyler]
" in ''Allgemeines Helvetisches, Eydgenössisches, Oder Schweitzerisches Lexicon'' (1747–1765), XVII, pp. 42–45
Magister Friedrich Seyler (1603–1676), a native of
Basel
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, first served as parish priest of
Bichwyl and
Lütisburg
Lütisburg is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
History
Lütisburg is first mentioned in 1214 as ''Liutinsburch'' Bereits früher belegt sind. The hamlet of Rindal was f ...
in
St. Gallen
, neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach
, twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic)
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, later as teacher and rector of the ''Schule auf Burg'' gymnasium in
Basel
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, and then again as parish priest, and obtained the Basel burghership in 1670.
He was married to Rosina Stöcklin (1612–1681), daughter of the Basel council member Matthys Stöcklin (1577-1649), and they were the parents of Margaretha Seyler (1639–1695), who married Professor of Ethics, Rhetoric and Law Simon Battier (1629–1681), and of the noted
Calvinist
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theologian
Friedrich Seyler (1642–1708).
Friedrich Seyler was pastor at St. Peter's Church in Basel and wrote a history of
Anabaptism
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and a refutation of Anabaptist "errors." In 1672, he married Elisabeth
Socin
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(born 1655), who belonged to an Italian-origined noble family and who was the daughter of the Basel judge, member of the Grand Council and envoy to the French court
Abel Socin
Abel Socin (born 1632 in Basel, died 1695 in Basel) was a Swiss merchant, politician, law lord (Gerichtsherr) and diplomat from Basel. He was a member of the Grand Council of Basel and served as the envoy of the Swiss Confederation to the French ...
(1632–1695) and Maria Hummel (1635–1681), as well as a niece of Basel burgomaster
Emanuel Socin.
Friedrich Seyler and Elisabeth Socin were the parents of the theologian Dr.theol. Abel Seyler (1684–1767), who was parish priest of Frenkendorf-Munzach in the
Liestal district of Basel from 1714 to 1763. Abel Seyler was married to Anna Katharina Burckhardt (1694–1773), a member of the Basel patrician
Burckhardt family
Burckhardt, or (de) Bourcard in French, is a family of the Basel patriciate, descended from Christoph (Stoffel) Burckhardt (1490–1578), a merchant in cloth and silk originally from Münstertal, Black Forest, who received Basel citizenship i ...
and the daughter of Johann Rudolf Burckhardt and Anna Maria
Merian, and granddaughter of Susanna
Faesch
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. Anna Katharina Burckhardt was a descendant of the famous publisher and humanist
Johann Froben and many of her ancestors had been councillors and burgomasters of Basel.
Abel Seyler the Elder and Anna Katharina Burckhardt were the parents of Elisabeth Seyler (1715–1798), married to parish priest Daniel
Merian (1700–1779), and businessman and famed theatre director
Abel Seyler
Abel Seyler (23 August 1730, Liestal – 25 April 1800, Rellingen) was a Swiss-born theatre director and former merchant banker, who was regarded as one of the great theatre principals of 18th century Europe. He played a pivotal role in the deve ...
(1730–1801).
Abel Seyler and the Hamburg branch of the family
Abel Seyler
Abel Seyler (23 August 1730, Liestal – 25 April 1800, Rellingen) was a Swiss-born theatre director and former merchant banker, who was regarded as one of the great theatre principals of 18th century Europe. He played a pivotal role in the deve ...
(1730–1801) emigrated from Liestal to
Hamburg
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and established himself as a wealthy businessman there. He established the bank ''
Seyler & Tillemann
Seyler & Tillemann was a Hamburg merchant bank in the mid 18th century, and was owned by Abel Seyler and Johann Martin Tillemann. It notably involved itself in the currency market and speculation with financial instruments during the Seven Years' ...
'' with his business associate
Johann Martin Tillemann
Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...
, which speculated heavily on currency
debasement
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during the
Seven Years' War
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. The company went spectacularly bankrupt in what was termed a "malicious bankruptcy" with 3 million
Mark Banco
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* Fin ...
, an enormous sum, in debts, but Seyler and Tillemann were able to retain some of their fortunes. Subsequently, Seyler devoted himself completely to the theatre, first as the main financial backer of the
Hamburgische Entreprise (the Hamburg National Theatre), collaborating closely with its dramaturge
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (, ; 22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and a representative of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the developmen ...
, and subsequently as the founder and director of the
Seyler theatrical company
The Seyler Theatre Company, also known as the Seyler Company (German: ''Seylersche Schauspiel-Gesellschaft'', sometimes ''Seylersche Truppe''), was a theatrical company founded in 1769 by Abel Seyler, a Hamburg businessman originally from Switzer ...
, becoming "the leading patron of German theatre" in his lifetime and employing some of Germany's foremost actors, playwrights and composers. Abel Seyler is also credited with introducing
Shakespeare
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to a German language audience. He ''inter alia'' commissioned the play ''
Sturm und Drang
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'' by
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, that gave its name to the era.
![Sophie Friederike Hensel](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Sophie_Friederike_Hensel.jpg)
In 1754, Abel Seyler married Sophie Elisabeth
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(1730–1764), the daughter of the wealthy
Hanover
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court pharmacist Leopold Andreae (1686–1730) and the sister of the renowned natural scientist
J.G.R. Andreae. They were the parents of two sons and a daughter, the court pharmacist and
Illuminati
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member
Abel Jacob Gerhard Seyler, the prominent Hamburg banker
Ludwig Erdwin Seyler
Ludwig Erdwin Seyler (15 May 1758 – 26 October 1836; often known as ''L.E. Seyler'') was a German banker, merchant and politician. He was by marriage a member of the Hanseatic Berenberg banking dynasty, and was a partner in the Hamburg firm Jo ...
(1758–1836) and ''Sophie'' Marie Katharina Seyler (1762–1833). Following the death of their mother in 1764, the Seyler children grew up with their uncle J.G.R. Andreae in Hanover and hardly saw their biological father for the rest of his life. In 1772, Abel Seyler married his long-time mistress
Friederike Sophie Seyler
Friederike Sophie Seyler (1738, Dresden – 22 November 1789, Schleswig; née Sparmann, formerly married Hensel) was a German actress, playwright and librettist. Alongside Friederike Caroline Neuber, she was widely considered Germany's greatest ac ...
(1737/1738–1789), who was alongside
Friederike Caroline Neuber
Friederike Caroline Neuber, née Friederike Caroline Weissenborn, also known as Friedericke Karoline Neuber, Frederika Neuber, Karoline Neuber, Carolina Neuber, Frau Neuber, and ''Die Neuberin'' (9 March 1697 – 30 November 1760), was a German ...
Germany's leading actress of the 18th century, and who wrote the Singspiel ''
Hüon und Amande'' that was a major inspiration for the libretto of the opera ''
The Magic Flute
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''. They had no children.
The oldest son of Abel Seyler, Abel Jacob Gerhard Seyler (1756–1805), was court pharmacist in
Celle
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1791–1803 and also inherited the
Andreae & Co. pharmacy with his two siblings as co-heirs, which was sold in 1803. He was married to Karoline Auguste Luise Klügel (1770–1841), a daughter of the noted mathematician and physicist
Georg Simon Klügel
Georg Simon Klügel (August 19, 1739 – August 4, 1812) was a German mathematician and physicist.
He was born in Hamburg, and in 1760 went to the University of Göttingen where he initially studied theology before switching to mathematics. ...
. Their only son was
Georg August Wilhelm Seyler (1800–1866), a doctor of theology and pastor in
Annaburg
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. He was married (1826) to Klara Franziska Hoppe, a daughter of the
Freiburg
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superintendent
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(bishop) Ernst August Dankegott Hoppe. Georg Seyler became a second father to his wife's orphaned younger siblings, and in 1864 he formally adopted his 25 years younger brother in law, the later noted physiologist and chemist
Felix Hoppe-Seyler
Ernst Felix Immanuel Hoppe-Seyler (''né'' Felix Hoppe; 26 December 1825 – 10 August 1895) was a German physiologist and chemist, and the principal founder of the disciplines of biochemistry and molecular biology.
Biography
Hoppe-Seyler was b ...
, who added the Seyler name to his birth name.
![Ludwig Erdwin Seyler (1758-1836)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Ludwig_Erdwin_Seyler_%281758-1836%29.jpg)
The second son of Abel Seyler, Ludwig Erdwin Seyler (1758–1836), was married to Anna Henriette Gossler (1771–1836), a member of the Hamburg
Hanseatic
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Berenberg-Gossler banking dynasty, who was the eldest daughter of banker
Johann Hinrich Gossler
Johann Hinrich Gossler (born 18 August 1738 in Hamburg, died 31 August 1790 in Hamburg) was a German banker and grand burgher of Hamburg, a member of the Hanseatic Berenberg/Gossler banking dynasty and the owner and head of the firm Joh. Beren ...
and
Elisabeth Berenberg
Elisabeth Berenberg (2 December 1749 – 16 January 1822) was a Hamburg heiress, merchant banker and a member of the Berenberg family. She was the last male line member of the Flemish-origined Hanseatic Berenberg banking family in Hamburg, and anc ...
(1749–1822). Elisabeth Berenberg was the only heir of the
Flemish
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-origined Berenberg banking family of
grand burgher
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s who established
Berenberg Bank
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It was founded by the Flemish Berenberg family in 1590 () and ...
in 1590, and her grandfather
Rudolf Berenberg had become a senator in 1735. She was also descended from the
Welser
Welser was a Germans, German banking and merchant family, originally a patrician (post-Roman Europe), patrician family based in Augsburg and Nuremberg, that rose to great prominence in international high finance in the 16th century as bankers t ...
family. Johann Hinrich Gossler had become owner of the bank by marrying her in 1768, as her father had no male heirs and as the Hamburg branch of the Berenberg family was becoming extinct in the male line. In 1788, Gossler took on Seyler, his son-in-law, as the new partner, and following Gossler's death in 1790, Ludwig Seyler became head of the firm. Ludwig Seyler served, ''inter alia'', as President of the
Commerz-Deputation
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(1817–18), one of Hamburg's three main political bodies, and as a member of the
Hamburg Parliament
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(Erbgesessene Bürgerschaft). He was the brother in law of Hamburg senator
Johann Heinrich Gossler
Johann Heinrich Gossler (born 28 March 1775, died 3 April 1842) was a Hamburg banker and grand burgher, a member of the Berenberg-Gossler-Seyler banking dynasty, a co-owner (from 1798) of the Berenberg Bank and a senator of Hamburg from 1821. He ...
and the uncle of First Mayor (head of state)
Hermann Gossler
Hermann Gossler (born 21 August 1802 in Hamburg, died 10 May 1877 in Hamburg) was a Hamburg lawyer, senator (1842–77) and First Mayor and President of the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (i.e. the city republic's head of state ...
.
Ludwig Seyler and Anna Henriette Gossler were the parents of
*Sophie Henriette Elisabeth ("Betty") Seyler (1789–1837), who married Hamburg businessman
Gerhard von Hosstrup
Gerhard Carsten Jakob von Hosstrup (or Hoßtrup) (born 23 April 1771 in Hamburg, died 7 September 1851) was a Hamburg businessman and the founder of the Hamburg Stock Exchange building (Hamburger Börsenhalle). He became ''Oberalter'' in 1843.
...
, who founded the Hamburger Börsenhalle in 1804. Their daughter Bertha von Hosstrup (1814–1902) was married to the legal scholar and politician
Albert Hänel
Albert Hänel (10 June 1833, in Leipzig – 12 May 1918, in Kiel) was a German jurist, legal historian and liberal politician. He was one of the leaders of the German Progress Party, and served as Rector of the University of Kiel. He served as a ...
.
*Auguste Seyler, who married Gerhard von Hosstrup after the death of her sister
*Louise ("Wischen") Seyler (1799–1849), who married ship broker Ernst Friedrich Pinckernelle (1787–1868), whose sons founded the
G. & J. E. Pinckernelle insurance broker firm
*
Henriette Seyler (1805–1875), who married the Norwegian industrialist
Benjamin Wegner
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Born in Königsberg, East Prussia, he moved to London in 1819 and to Berlin in 1820, where he established an independ ...
(1795–1864), a co-owner of
Blaafarveværket
Blaafarveværket, or the Blue Colour Works, was a mining and industrial company located at Åmot in Modum in Viken county, Norway, which existed from 1776 to 1898. The works mined cobalt ore and manufactured by smelting blue cobalt glass ( sma ...
,
Hassel Ironworks and the
Hafslund
Hafslund is a borough located east of the city centre in the city of Sarpsborg, Norway,
Before 1992, Hafslund was a part of Skjeberg municipality. The name Hafslund, which is composed of ''Hafr'', the Old Norse name for husband and ''lundr'' mean ...
estate, and owner of
Frogner Manor
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*Emmy Seyler, married Homann
*Molly Seyler
The only daughter of Abel Seyler, ''Sophie'' Marie Katharina Seyler (1762–1833), who was regarded as strikingly beautiful, was married (1781) to their distant relative, the
Sturm und Drang
''Sturm und Drang'' (, ; usually translated as "storm and stress") was a proto- Romantic movement in German literature and music that occurred between the late 1760s and early 1780s. Within the movement, individual subjectivity and, in particul ...
poet
Johann Anton Leisewitz
Johann Anton Leisewitz (born 9 May 1752 in Hanover, died 10 September 1806 in Braunschweig) was a German lawyer and dramatic poet, and a central figure of the Sturm und Drang era. He is best known for his play '' Julius of Taranto'' (1776), that in ...
, the author of ''
Julius of Taranto
''Julius of Taranto'', also known as ''Julius of Tarent'' (german: Julius von Tarent), is a dramatic tragedy by Johann Anton Leisewitz. Published in 1774, it is a notable work of the Sturm und Drang era. The play was a favourite of Friedrich Schil ...
''. They had no children.
File:Sophie Leisewitz née Seyler.jpg, Sophie Seyler, wife of Johann Anton Leisewitz
Johann Anton Leisewitz (born 9 May 1752 in Hanover, died 10 September 1806 in Braunschweig) was a German lawyer and dramatic poet, and a central figure of the Sturm und Drang era. He is best known for his play '' Julius of Taranto'' (1776), that in ...
File:Elisabeth Seyler and her husband Gerhard von Hosstrup painted ca. 1815 by Friedrich Carl Gröger.jpg, Elisabeth Seyler (1789–1837), daughter of Berenberg Bank
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It was founded by the Flemish Berenberg family in 1590 () and ...
owner L.E. Seyler and Anna Henriette Gossler, and her husband Gerhard von Hosstrup
Gerhard Carsten Jakob von Hosstrup (or Hoßtrup) (born 23 April 1771 in Hamburg, died 7 September 1851) was a Hamburg businessman and the founder of the Hamburg Stock Exchange building (Hamburger Börsenhalle). He became ''Oberalter'' in 1843.
...
, painted ca. 1815 by Friedrich Carl Gröger
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File:Henriette Seyler drawn by her sister Molly Seyler in 1827 (cropped).jpeg, Henriette Seyler (1805–75, married to industrialist Benjamin Wegner
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Born in Königsberg, East Prussia, he moved to London in 1819 and to Berlin in 1820, where he established an independ ...
), daughter of Berenberg Bank
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It was founded by the Flemish Berenberg family in 1590 () and ...
owner L.E. Seyler and Anna Henriette Gossler, drawn by her sister Molly in 1827
Coat of arms
Gules
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In engraving, it is sometimes depict ...
, a rising
deer
Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer ...
,
argent
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, with
antler
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and cloven hooves,
Or, that is, a rising white deer with golden antler and cloven hooves in a red shield. Sometimes the arms also includes a green base or mountain, e.g. in the arms of mayor of Liestal Adam Seiler from 1587.
[Otto Titan von Hefner, Adolf Matthias Hildebrandt, Gustav A. Seyler, ''Die Wappen bürgerlicher Geschlechter Deutschlands und der Schweiz'', vol. 3, Bauer & Raspe, 1973, p. 10]
Lineage
*Jacob Seiler (born in the 1570s, died 1610), married Barbara Dietler
**Friedrich Seyler (1603–1676), Magister, rector of the Schule auf Burg gymnasium, married Rosina Stöcklin (1612–1681), daughter of Basel councillor Matthys Stöcklin (1577-1649) and Margret Kündig (b. 1583)
***Margaretha Seyler (1639–1695), married Simon Battier (1629–1681), Professor of Ethics, Rhetoric and Law
***
Friedrich Seyler (1642–1708), Calvinist theologian, married Elisabeth
Socin
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(born 1655), daughter of Basel judge, member of the Grand Council and envoy to the French court
Abel Socin
Abel Socin (born 1632 in Basel, died 1695 in Basel) was a Swiss merchant, politician, law lord (Gerichtsherr) and diplomat from Basel. He was a member of the Grand Council of Basel and served as the envoy of the Swiss Confederation to the French ...
(1632–1695) and Maria Hummel (1635–1681)
****Maria Rosina Seiler (1674–1703), married parish priest Johann Rudolf Brenner (1670–1737)
****Elisabeth Seiler (1675–1711), married Johann Heinrich Krug (1652–1703)
****Friedrich Seiler (born 1679), merchant, married Anna Stähelin and Anna Maria Passavant
*****(of first marriage) Elisabeth Seiler (1709–1743), married Johann Rudolf
Burckhardt
Burckhardt, or (de) Bourcard in French, is a family of the Basel patriciate, descended from Christoph (Stoffel) Burckhardt (1490–1578), a merchant in cloth and silk originally from Münstertal, Black Forest, who received Basel citizenship i ...
(1706–1765)
****Abel Seyler (1684–1767), Dr.theol., parish priest in
Liestal,
Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
, married Anna Katharina
Burckhardt
Burckhardt, or (de) Bourcard in French, is a family of the Basel patriciate, descended from Christoph (Stoffel) Burckhardt (1490–1578), a merchant in cloth and silk originally from Münstertal, Black Forest, who received Basel citizenship i ...
(1694–1773), daughter of Johann Rudolf Burckhardt and Anna Maria
Merian
*****Elisabeth Seyler (1715–1798), married parish priest Daniel
Merian (1700–1779)
*****
Abel Seyler
Abel Seyler (23 August 1730, Liestal – 25 April 1800, Rellingen) was a Swiss-born theatre director and former merchant banker, who was regarded as one of the great theatre principals of 18th century Europe. He played a pivotal role in the deve ...
(1730–1801), businessman, subsequently theatre director, married Sophie Elisabeth
Andreae Andreae is a surname. The name may refer to:
* Andreae & Co., a historical pharmacy in Hanover
* Charles Andreae (1906–1970), English cricketer
*Giles Andreae (born 1966), British poet, artist, and greeting card writer
* Hieronymus Andreae (died ...
(1730–1764), daughter of the Hanover court pharmacist Leopold Andreae (1686–1730) and Katharina Elisabeth Rosenhagen (died 1752), and in his second marriage actress
Friederike Sophie Seyler
Friederike Sophie Seyler (1738, Dresden – 22 November 1789, Schleswig; née Sparmann, formerly married Hensel) was a German actress, playwright and librettist. Alongside Friederike Caroline Neuber, she was widely considered Germany's greatest ac ...
(née Sparmann)
******(of first marriage)
Abel Jacob Gerhard Seyler (1756–1805), court pharmacist and member of the
Illuminati
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, married Karoline Auguste Luise Klügel (1770–1841), daughter of mathematician and physicist
Georg Simon Klügel
Georg Simon Klügel (August 19, 1739 – August 4, 1812) was a German mathematician and physicist.
He was born in Hamburg, and in 1760 went to the University of Göttingen where he initially studied theology before switching to mathematics. ...
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Georg August Wilhelm Seyler (1800–1866), doctor of theology and pastor in
Annaburg
Annaburg () is a small town in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was the seat of the former ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' Annaburg-Prettin.
Constituent communities
The town Annaburg consists of the following ''Ortschaften'' or mun ...
, married Klara Hoppe, daughter of Freiburg
superintendent
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*Superintendent (police), Superintendent of Police (SP), or Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), a police rank
*Prison warden or Superintendent, a prison administrator
*Superintendent (ecclesiastical), a church exec ...
(bishop) Ernst August Dankegott Hoppe
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Felix Hoppe-Seyler
Ernst Felix Immanuel Hoppe-Seyler (''né'' Felix Hoppe; 26 December 1825 – 10 August 1895) was a German physiologist and chemist, and the principal founder of the disciplines of biochemistry and molecular biology.
Biography
Hoppe-Seyler was b ...
(1825–1895), physiologist and chemist, adopted son, biological younger brother of his wife
******(of first marriage)
Ludwig Erdwin Seyler
Ludwig Erdwin Seyler (15 May 1758 – 26 October 1836; often known as ''L.E. Seyler'') was a German banker, merchant and politician. He was by marriage a member of the Hanseatic Berenberg banking dynasty, and was a partner in the Hamburg firm Jo ...
(1758–1836), head and co-owner (1788–1836) of
Berenberg Bank
Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, commonly known as Berenberg Bank and also branded as simply Berenberg, is a multinational full-service investment bank based in Hamburg, Germany.
It was founded by the Flemish Berenberg family in 1590 () and ...
, married Anna Henriette
Gossler (1771–1836), daughter of banker
Johann Hinrich Gossler
Johann Hinrich Gossler (born 18 August 1738 in Hamburg, died 31 August 1790 in Hamburg) was a German banker and grand burgher of Hamburg, a member of the Hanseatic Berenberg/Gossler banking dynasty and the owner and head of the firm Joh. Beren ...
and
Elisabeth Berenberg
Elisabeth Berenberg (2 December 1749 – 16 January 1822) was a Hamburg heiress, merchant banker and a member of the Berenberg family. She was the last male line member of the Flemish-origined Hanseatic Berenberg banking family in Hamburg, and anc ...
*******Sophie Henriette Elisabeth ("Betty") Seyler (1789–1837), married businessman
Gerhard von Hosstrup
Gerhard Carsten Jakob von Hosstrup (or Hoßtrup) (born 23 April 1771 in Hamburg, died 7 September 1851) was a Hamburg businessman and the founder of the Hamburg Stock Exchange building (Hamburger Börsenhalle). He became ''Oberalter'' in 1843.
...
*******Johann Hinrich Seyler
*******Emilie ("Emmy") Seyler, married to the physician Ludwig Friedrich Christian Homann
*******Louise ''Auguste'' Seyler, married to Gerhard von Hosstrup after the death of her sister
*******Maria ("Molly") Seyler
*******Louise ("Wischen") Seyler (1799–1849), married shipbroker Ernst Friedrich
Pinckernelle
*******
Henriette Seyler (1805–1875), married the Norwegian industrialist
Benjamin Wegner
Jacob Benjamin Wegner (21 February 1795 – 9 June 1864) was a Norwegian business magnate, estate owner and timber merchant.
Born in Königsberg, East Prussia, he moved to London in 1819 and to Berlin in 1820, where he established an independ ...
******(of first marriage) ''Sophie'' Marie Katharina Seyler (1762–1833), married poet and lawyer
Johann Anton Leisewitz
Johann Anton Leisewitz (born 9 May 1752 in Hanover, died 10 September 1806 in Braunschweig) was a German lawyer and dramatic poet, and a central figure of the Sturm und Drang era. He is best known for his play '' Julius of Taranto'' (1776), that in ...
****Benedikt Seiler (born 1687), Spezierer, married (1714) Anna Cath. Fuchs (1679–1763)
*****Friedrich Seiler (1715–1777), wig maker, married (1738) Maria Marg. Bossert (1714–1789)
See also
*
Berenberg-Gossler-Seyler banking dynasty
The Berenberg family (Dutch for "bear mountain") was a Flemish-origined Hanseatic family of merchants, bankers and senators in Hamburg, with branches in London, Livorno and other European cities. The family was descended from the brothers Hans ...
*
Seyler theatrical company
The Seyler Theatre Company, also known as the Seyler Company (German: ''Seylersche Schauspiel-Gesellschaft'', sometimes ''Seylersche Truppe''), was a theatrical company founded in 1769 by Abel Seyler, a Hamburg businessman originally from Switzer ...
References
Literature
Seiler, auch Seyler" in ''Allgemeines Helvetisches, Eydgenössisches, Oder Schweitzerisches Lexicon'' (1747–1765), XVII, pp. 42–45
Seiler in ''Historiches Lexikon der Schweiz''
*A. Seiler-Rosenmund, ''Stammbaum der Bürgergeschlechter von Liestal'', vol. 1, 1908, pp. 111–119
*Josef Widmann, ''Bürger-Familienbuch von Liestal'', Lüdin & Walser, 1860
Auszug Stamm Seiler in / aus Liestal stroux.org
;Hamburg branch
* Magazin zur Geschichte des deutschen Theaters, 1773, VI, pp. 264–276
*
Percy Ernst Schramm
Percy Ernst Schramm (14 October 1894 – 21 November 1970) was a German historian who specialized in art history and medieval history. Schramm was a Chair and Professor of History at the University of Göttingen from 1929 to 1963.
Early lif ...
, ''Neun Generationen: Dreihundert Jahre deutscher Kulturgeschichte im Lichte der Schicksale einer Hamburger Bürgerfamilie (1648–1948)'', Vol. I, Göttingen, 1963
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Percy Ernst Schramm
Percy Ernst Schramm (14 October 1894 – 21 November 1970) was a German historian who specialized in art history and medieval history. Schramm was a Chair and Professor of History at the University of Göttingen from 1929 to 1963.
Early lif ...
, ''Kaufleute zu Haus und über See. Hamburgische Zeugnisse des 17., 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts'', Hamburg, Hoffmann und Campe, 1949
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Percy Ernst Schramm
Percy Ernst Schramm (14 October 1894 – 21 November 1970) was a German historian who specialized in art history and medieval history. Schramm was a Chair and Professor of History at the University of Göttingen from 1929 to 1963.
Early lif ...
, "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
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Percy Ernst Schramm
Percy Ernst Schramm (14 October 1894 – 21 November 1970) was a German historian who specialized in art history and medieval history. Schramm was a Chair and Professor of History at the University of Göttingen from 1929 to 1963.
Early lif ...
, "Hamburger Kaufleute in der 2. Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts," in: ''Tradition. Zeitschrift für Firmengeschichte und Unternehmerbiographie'' 1957, No 4., pp. 307–332. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40696554
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