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Fri 31 Dec, 2004 02:30 pm
I need help on this one:
the house of ________ was the wealthiest banking firm in the 16th century, known for loaning money to kings and popes.
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Are you sure the other letters are right, I can only find this:
Baring Family
Encyclopædia Britannica Article
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British family whose banking and commercial house played a principal role in British overseas lending for two centuries.
John Baring emigrated from Bremen to England and started a small wool business near Exeter in 1717. His son, the future Sir Francis Baring, lst Baronet (1740-1810), founded the family banking firm, originally named John & Francis Baring & Company, in London in 1763. He built
Thanks for the advice but the answer was Fugger "Head of one of the wealthiest banking firms of the 16th century. Fugger's firms had branch offices, including Milan, Innsbruck, Nuremberg, and Libson."
Sorry, i need help, I always think in terms of British history. Happy New Year anyway! :wink:
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