This is a list of the heads of mission from the Habsburg Monarchy, Austrian Empire, and later Austria-Hungary, to France.
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.
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
Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Austrian Empire
1805–1806: Vacant
1806–1806: Peter von Floret (Chargé d'affaires) 1806–1809: Klemens Wenzel von Metternich 1809–1813: Karl Philipp zu Schwarzenberg 1813–1814: Vacant 1814–1814: Ludwig Philipp von Bombelles (Chargé d'affaires) 1814–1825: Karl von Vincent 1825–1826: Friedrich Binder von Krieglstein (Chargé d'affaires) 1826–1848: Anton von Apponyi 1848–1849: Ludwig von Thom (Chargé d'affaires) 1849–1859: Alexander von Hübner 1859–1867: Richard von Metternich
Austro-Hungarian Ambassador
1867–1871: Richard von Metternich
1871–1876: Rudolf, Count of Apponyi
1876–1878: Felix von Wimpffen
1878–1882: Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust
1882–1882: Felix von Wimpffen (2nd term) 1883–1894: Ladislaus Hoyos-Sprinzenstein 1894–1903: Anton von Wolkenstein-Trostburg 1903–1910: Rudolf von Khevenhüller-Metsch 1911–1914: Count Nikolaus Szécsen von Temerin
See also
List of diplomatic missions of Austria-Hungary
Source
Der Auswärtige Dienst von Österreich(-Ungarn) 1720-1920 Böhlau Verlag (Erwin Matsch, 1986) : from page 113.