List of ambassadors of Austria-Hungary to France

This is a list of the heads of mission from the Habsburg Monarchy, Austrian Empire, and later Austria-Hungary, to France.

History

Envoys from the court of Vienna appeared as early as the 16th century, but France and the nascent Habsburg Empire were often decidedly hostile to one another, as the end of the Italian Wars showed that the two states had conflicting hegemonic interests. There was a permanent diplomatic mission in Paris from 1679.^[1]

Heads of Mission

Habsburg Envoy

1680–1682: Heinrich Franz von Mansfeld
1683-1684?: Johann von Althann
1685-1685: Johann Friedrich von Seilern
1685–1688: Wenzel Ferdinand Popel von Lobkowitz
1688-1699: Vacant (Nine Years' War)
1699–1701: Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von Sinzendorf
1701-1713: Vacant (War of the Spanish Succession)
1713–1714: Prinz Eugene of Savoy (Peace negotiations)
1714-1714: Johann Friedrich von Seilern (2nd term)
1714-1714: Johann Peter Goëss
1715–1716: Johann Christoph Pentenriedter
1717–1719: Dominik von Königsegg-Rothenfels
1719–1719: Marcus de Fonseca
1719–1728: Johann Christoph von Pentenriedter (2nd term)
1729–1732: Stephan Wilhelm Kinsky
1732–1733: Ignaz Johann Wasner, (Resident)
1733-1736: Vacant (War of the Polish Succession)
1736–1737: Leopold von Schmerling
1737–1741: Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein
1741–1744: Paul Gundel
1744-1749: : Vacant (War of the Austrian Succession)
1749–1750: Johann von Mareschall
1750–1752: Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (attaché: Ludwig von Zinzendorf)
1752–1753: Johann von Mareschall (2nd term)
1753–1766: Georg Adam, Prince of Starhemberg
1766–1790: Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau
1790–1792: Franz Paul von Blumendorf (Chargé d’affaires)
1792–1801: Vacant (Wars of the French Revolution)
1801–1805: Philipp von Cobenzl