Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff

Johann Hartwig von Bernstorff
Privy Councillor of Denmark
PredecessorJohan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
SuccessorJohann Friedrich Struensee
Born(1712-05-12)12 May 1712
Hanover, Electorate of Hanover, Holy Roman Empire
Died18 February 1772(1772-02-18) (aged 59)
Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire
Noble familyBernstorff
FatherJoachim Engelke von Bernstorff
OccupationStatesman and diplomat

Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff (German: Johann Hartwig Ernst Graf von Bernstorff; 13 May 1712 – 18 February 1772) was a German-Danish statesman and a member of the Bernstorff noble family of Mecklenburg. He was the son of Joachim Engelke Freiherr von Bernstorff, chamberlain to the Elector of Hanover.

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