Gotthelf Köhler

Gotthelf Marius Christopher Köhler was a Prussian diplomat and is best known for his contribution to the formation of the Kingdom of Prussia.

Early Life
Gotthelf Marius Christopher Köhler short Gotthelf Köhler was born in Königsberg to an upper class family of diplomats. Thus, Gotthelf himself was introduced into politics and went on to become a successful diplomat.

Life
At the age of 25, in 1670, Gotthelf Köhler became deputy diplomat for political negotiations with the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt for the Electorate of Brandenburg. Köhler's negotiation of a very beneficial trade deal with the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt was instantly noted and he was promoted to the main diplomat for political negotiations with the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt.

In 1679, at the age of 34, Gotthelf Köhler was moved and became the deputy diplomat for negotiations with Austria. This was a remarkably high position and Gotthelf Köhler gained a lot of reputation.

In 1682, Gotthelf Köhler married the daughter of Saxonian nobleman Johann von Naumburg-Jena, Marie von Naumburg-Jena.

In 1688 at the age of 42, when King Friedrich I of Prussia chose Gotthelf Köhler as his main diplomat for the Holy Roman Empire on a mission to convince the authorities to let the Electorate of Brandenburg become the Kingdom of Prussia.

However, the diplomat of the Holy Roman Empire for political negotiations with the Electorate of Brandenburg Tobias Schindler did not give in to any suggestions.

When Schindler fell severely ill in 1795, Köhler convinced his unexperienced deputy Felix von Sturmburg to agree to the negotiations after which Sturmburg left the Holy Roman Emperor no choice as to directly negotiate with the Elector of Brandenburg.