Georg Friedrich von Martens

Politician

1756 – 1821

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Who was Georg Friedrich von Martens?

Georg Friedrich von Martens was a German jurist and diplomat. Educated at the universities of Göttingen, Regensburg and Vienna, he became professor of jurisprudence at Göttingen in 1783 and was ennobled in 1789. He was made a counsellor of state by the elector of Hanover in 1808, and in 1810 was president of the financial section of the council of state of the kingdom of Westphalia. In 1814 he was appointed privy cabinet-councillor by the king of Hanover, and in 1816 went as representative of the king to the diet of the new German Confederation at Frankfort.

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Born
Feb 22, 1756
Hamburg
Also known as
  • G. F. de Martens
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Died
Feb 21, 1821
Frankfurt

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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