Henriette Wegner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henriette Wegner

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1805

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death: 25-Nov-1875

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Henriette Wegner (born 1 October 1805 in Hamburg, died 25 November 1875 in Christiania), née Henriette Seyler, was a Norwegian businesswoman and philanthropist, a member of the Hanseatic Berenberg banking dynasty of Hamburg and the wife of the Norwegian industrialist Benjamin Wegner.
She was briefly a co-owner of Berenberg Bank, and was also noted for her work for the homeless in Norway.
During her life she was a citizen of the city-republic of Hamburg, of France during the Napoleonic Wars, and finally of Norway from 1824.