Welser family
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The Welser family was a powerful and wealthy German banking and merchant dynasty from Augsburg that played a major role in European finance and overseas trade during the 15th and 16th centuries.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Welser banking family | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German noble family
ⓘ
banking dynasty ⓘ merchant family ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
15th century
ⓘ
16th century ⓘ |
| appointed | governors in Venezuela ⓘ |
| basedIn | Augsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | Welser family coat of arms ⓘ |
| colonialActivity | administration of Klein-Venedig in Venezuela ⓘ |
| contributedTo | development of early modern capitalism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| fieldOfActivity |
banking
ⓘ
colonial ventures ⓘ long-distance trade ⓘ mining finance ⓘ |
| financed |
Habsburg imperial policies
ⓘ
mining operations in Central Europe ⓘ |
| grantedNobilityTitle | Reichsfreiherr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Anton Welser
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bartholomäus V. Welser NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Welser NERFINISHED ⓘ Philipp Welser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldConcession | Province of Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
financing Habsburg rulers
ⓘ
silver trade ⓘ slave trade ⓘ spice trade ⓘ trade with Africa ⓘ trade with India ⓘ trade with Portugal ⓘ trade with Spain ⓘ trade with the Americas ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| lostConcession | Venezuela colony in 16th century ⓘ |
| memberOf | Augsburg patriciate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
European finance
ⓘ
overseas trade ⓘ |
| patronage |
arts
ⓘ
humanist scholarship ⓘ |
| region | Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Age of Discovery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
German colonial ventures in the Americas ⓘ history of Augsburg ⓘ history of German banking ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
|
| rival | Fugger family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | patrician ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Welser banking family