# List of ambassadors of Austria to Spain

The Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Spain is the Republic of Austria's foremost diplomatic representative in the Kingdom of Spain. As head of Austria's diplomatic mission there, the ambassador is the official representative of the president and government of Austria to the Prime Minister and the government of Spain. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and the embassy is located in Madrid.

## History

From 1580 to 1640, the Kingdom of Spain was ruled in personal union with the Kingdom of Portugal by the Philip dynasty (Philip II, Philip III and Philip IV) and, until 1700, by the Spanish line of the House of Habsburg.
In 1720, Charles VI and Philip V recognized the Bourbon dynasty as rulers of Spain. In 1869, Franz Joseph I recognized the government of Marshal Francisco Serrano Domínguez and that of Amadeo I. In 1871, Franz Joseph I recognized the government of Francisco Serrano Domínguez. In 1874, Franz Joseph I recognized the government of Alfonso XII, who restored the Bourbon dynasty.
From 1918, the official residence of the Austrian ambassador was at Calle de Fortuny, from 1968 at Calle Núñez de Balboa and is currently located at Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid.

## Heads of Mission
### Habsburg Ambassadors (until 1804)

| Appointed / Accredited | Name | Title / Notes | Appointed during | Accredited during | Left post |
| 1563 | Adam von Dietrichstein | | Ferdinand I | Philip II | 1570 |
| 1572 | Hans Graf Khevenhüller-Frankenburg | | Maximilian II | Philip II | 1606 |
| 1609 | Franz Christoph von Khevenhüller | Nephew of Hans | Rudolf II | Matthias | 1623 |
| 1683 | Heinrich Franz von Mansfeld | | Leopold I | Charles II | 1690 |
| 1689 | Karl Ernst von Waldstein | | Leopold I | Charles II | 1693 |
| 1697 | Ferdinand Bonaventura I. von Harrach | | Leopold I | Charles II | 1698 |
| 1698 | Aloys Thomas Raimund von Harrach | Son of Ferdinand | Leopold I | Charles II | 1700 |
| 1700 | Breakdown of relations | Breakdown of relations | Leopold I | Philip V | 1725 |
| 1725 | Joseph Lothar von Königsegg-Rothenfels | Ambassador | Charles VI | Louis I | 1730 |
| 1730 | Johann Stolte Johann Philipp Stoltius | Envoy | Charles VI | Louis I | 1734 |
| 1734 | Breakdown of relations | Breakdown of relations | Charles VI | Louis I | 1751 |
| 1751 | Georg Adam von Starhemberg | Ambassador | Maria Theresia | Ferdinand VI | 1752 |
| 1752 | Christoph Anton von Migazzi | | Maria Theresia | Ferdinand VI | 1756 |
| 1756 | Franz Xaver Wolfgang von Orsini-Rosenberg | | Maria Theresia | Ferdinand VI | 1763 |
| 1763 | Franz Xaver Wolfgang von Orsini-Rosenberg | Ambassador | Maria Theresia | Charles III | 1765 |
| 1765 | Adam von Lebzeltern | Envoy | Maria Theresia | Charles III | |
| 1772 | Anton August Joseph von Lobkowitz | Ambassador | Maria Theresia | Charles III | 1776 |
| 1776 | Peter von Giusti Pietro Paolo Giusti | Envoy | Maria Theresia | Charles III | |
| 1776 | Wenzel Anton Kaunitz | Ambassador | Maria Theresia | Charles III | 1780 |
| 1780 | Wenzel Anton Kaunitz | Ambassador | Joseph II | Charles III | 1784 |
| 1784 | Karl von Humburg | Envoy | Joseph II | Charles III | |
| 1786 | Johann Friedrich von Kageneck | | Joseph II | Charles III | 1800 |
| 1800 | Karl Andreoli | Ambassador | Francis II | Charles IV | |
| 1803 | Emmerich von Eltz | Ambassador | Francis II | Charles IV | 1805 |

### Austrian Ambassadors (1804 to 1867)

| Appointed / Accredited | Name | Title / Notes | Appointed during | Accredited during | Left post |
| 1805 | Karl Andreoli | Envoy | Francis II | Charles IV | 1809 |
| 1806 | Wilhelm von Genotte | Envoy | Francis II | Charles IV | 1809 |
| 1809 | Breakdown of relations | Breakdown of relations | Francis II | Ferdinand VII | 1814 |
| 1814 | Wilhelm von Genotte | Envoy | Francis II | Ferdinand VII | 1815 |
| 1815 | Alois von Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg | Ambassador | Francis II | Ferdinand VII | 1817 |
| 1817 | Johann von Provost | Envoy | Francis II | Ferdinand VII | 1819 |
| 1819 | Lazar von Brunetti | Envoy | Francis II | Ferdinand VII | 1823 |
| 1834 | Johann von Reymond | Envoy | Francis II | Isabella II | 1836 |
| 1836 | Vacant | | Ferdinand I | Isabella II | 1848 |
| 1848 | Johann von Reymond | Envoy | Franz Joseph I | Isabella II | 1849 |
| 1849 | Georg von Esterházy | | Franz Joseph I | Isabella II | 1855 |
| 1855 | Isfordnik von Kostnitz Gobert | Envoy | Franz Joseph I | Isabella II | |
| 1856 | Albert von Crivelli | | Franz Joseph I | Isabella II | 1867 |

### Austro-Hungarian Ambassadors (1867 to 1918)

| Appointed / Accredited | Name | Title / Notes | Appointed during | Accredited during | Left post |
| 1867 | Karl von Jäger | Envoy | Franz Joseph I | Isabella II | 1868 |
| 1868 | Eduard von Lago | Envoy | Franz Joseph I | Francisco Serrano | 1869 |
| 1869 | Ladislaus von Karnicki von Karnice | | Franz Joseph I | Francisco Serrano | 1871 |
| 1871 | Boguslaw Chotek von Chotkow | | Franz Joseph I | Amadeo I | 1872 |
| 1872 | Otto von Mayer von Gravenegg | Envoy | Franz Joseph I | Amadeo I | |
| 1874 | Emanuel von Ludolf | | Franz Joseph I | Francisco Serrano | 1882 |
| 1882 | Viktor Dubský von Třebomyslice | | Franz Joseph I | Alfonso XII | 1888 |
| 1888 | Viktor Dubský von Třebomyslice | Ambassador | Franz Joseph I | Alfonso XIII | 1903 |
| 1903 | Rudolf von Welserheimb | Ambassador | Franz Joseph I | Alfonso XIII | 1911 |
| 1911 | Christoph von Wydenbruck | Ambassador | Franz Joseph I | Alfonso XIII | 1913 |
| 1913 | Hans von Wagner | Envoy | Franz Joseph I | Alfonso XIII | |
| 1913 | Karl Emil Prinz zu Fürstenberg | Ambassador | Franz Joseph I | Alfonso XIII | 1918 |

### Austrian Ambassadors (since 1919)

Ambassador of the First Republic (1925 to 1938) and ambassador of the Second Republic (since 1956).
| Appointed / Accredited | Name | Title / Notes | Appointed during | Accredited during | Left post |
| 1925 | Alfred Grünberger | | Rudolf Ramek | Alfonso XIII | 1932 |
| 1933 | Otto Günther | | Engelbert Dollfuß | Manuel Azaña | 1938 |
| 1938 | Breakdown of relations | Breakdown of relations | Breakdown of relations | Breakdown of relations | 1945 |
| 1956 | Clemens Wildner | | Julius Raab | Francisco Franco | 1957 |
| 1958 | Erich Filz | | Julius Raab | Francisco Franco | |
| 1961 | Karl Gruber | | Alfons Gorbach | Francisco Franco | 1966 |
| 1966 | Heinz Standenat | | Josef Klaus | Francisco Franco | 1968 |
| 1968 | Wolfgang Höller | | Josef Klaus | Francisco Franco | 1974 |
| 1977 | Gerald Hinteregger | | Bruno Kreisky | Juan Carlos I | |
| 1979 | Wolfgang Schallenberg | | Bruno Kreisky | Juan Carlos I | 1981 |
| 1984 | Gerhard Gmoser | | Fred Sinowatz | Juan Carlos I | |
| 1986 | Otto Maschke | | Franz Vranitzky | Juan Carlos I | 1987 |
| 1991 | Michael Fitz | | Franz Vranitzky | Juan Carlos I | |
| 1995 | Richard Wotava | | Franz Vranitzky | Juan Carlos I | 1998 |
| 2011 | Rudolf Lennkh | | Werner Faymann | Juan Carlos I | 2013 |
| 2014 | Peter Huber | | Werner Faymann | Juan Carlos I | 2017 |
| 2018 | Christian Ebner | | Sebastian Kurz | Felipe VI | |