Elisabeth Berenberg was a German heiress from Hamburg, merchant banker and a member of the Berenberg family. She was the last male line member of the Flemish-origined Hanseatic Berenberg banking famil
Her father, Johann Berenberg (1718–1772)
Her great-grandfather, Hamburg merchant Johann Friedrich Tönnies (1662–1736)
Her great-great-great-grandfather, Hamburg Senator Rudolf Amsinck (1577–1636)
Johann Berenberg was a German merchant and banker. He was a co-owner of Berenberg Bank from 1748, with his brother, senator Paul Berenberg, and after the latter's death in 1768 the sole owner. The ban