Hempo von dem Knesebeck

Hempo von dem Knesebeck (14 April 1595 – 19 June 1656) was a diplomat and Master of the Horse to Christian I. of Anhalt.

[citation needed] Following private tutoring at home, Knesebeck studied at the universities of Helmstedt, Frankfurt (Oder), Wittenberg, Marburg, and Heidelberg from 1607 to 1616.

He was appointed Privy Councillor and began a series of diplomatic missions, including Hungary, Livonia, Sweden, and Denmark.

There, the prince admitted him into the prestigious Fruitbearing Society as the 88th member, giving him the title “The Good” (Der Gute).

After his father’s death in 1625, he returned to manage the family estate at Tylsen until he was appointed war commissary of the Altmark in 1626 to address the growing conflict.