WELSER  , the name of a famous See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German merchants, members of which held See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official positions in the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• AUGSBURG
• AUGSBURG, CONFESSION OF
• AUGSBURG, WAR OF THE LEAGUE OF

Augsburg during the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The family first became important during the 15th century, when the See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers See also:

• BARTHOLOMEW, JOHN (1831-1893)
• BARTHOLOMEW, SAINT

Bartholomew and See also:

• LUCAS, CHARLES (1713–1771)
• LUCAS, JOHN SEYMOUR (1849– )
• LUCAS, SIR CHARLES (d. 1648)

Lucas Welser carried on an extensive See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade with the See also:

• LEVANT

Levant and elsewhere, and had branches in the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal trading centres of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany and See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, and also in See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp, See also:

• LONDON

London and See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon . The business was continued by Antony (d . 1518), a son of Lucas Welser, who was one of the first among the Germans to use the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea route to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East, which had been discovered by Vasco da Gama . The Welsers were also interested in See also:

• MINING

mining ventures; and, having amassed See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WEALTH

wealth, Antony's son Bartholomew (1488—1561) See also:

• LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")

lent large sums of See also:

• MONEY

money to See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles V., receiving in return several marks of the imperial favour . Bartholomew and his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Antony, however, are chiefly known as the promoters of an expedition under See also:

• AMBROSE (AMBROISE), AUTPERT (d.' 778)
• AMBROSE (ANDREY SERTIS-KAMENSKIY) (1708-1771)
• AMBROSE (fl. 119o)
• AMBROSE, ISAAC (1604-1663/4)
• AMBROSE, SAINT (c. 340-307)

Ambrose Dalfinger (d . 1532), which in 1528 seized the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• CARACAS

Caracas in See also:

• VENEZUELA

Venezuela . With the consent of Charles V., this See also:

• DISTRICT

district was governed and exploited by the Welsers; but trouble soon arose with the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, and the undertaking was abandoned in 1555 . After Bartholomew's See also:

• DEATH

death the business was carried on by three of his sons and two of his nephews; but the See also:

• FIRM

firm became bankrupt in 1614 . Bartholomew's niece Philippine (1527-1580), the daughter of his brother See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis (1497-1572), married the See also:

• ARCHDUKE (Lat. archidux, Ger. Erzherzog)

Archduke See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand, son of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor Ferdinand I . Perhaps the most famous member of the Welser family was Antony's See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson, See also:

• MARCUS

Marcus (1558—1614) . Educated in Italy, Marcus became burgomaster of Augsburg, but was more distinguished for his scholarship and his writings .

The most important of his many See also:

• WORKS

works is his Rerum Boicarum libri quinque, dealing with the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• HISTORY

history of the Bavarians, which was translated into German by the author's brother See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul (d . 162o) . His works, Marci Velseri See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera historica et philologica, were collected and published with a See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography of Marcus by C . See also:

• ARNOLD
• ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801)
• ARNOLD, GOTTFRIED (1666-1714)
• ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)
• ARNOLD, SAMUEL (1740--18o2)
• ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN (1832-1904)
• ARNOLD, THOMAS (1745-1842)

Arnold (See also:

• NUREMBERG (Ger. Nurnberg)

Nuremberg, 1682) . The Augsburg See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of Welsers became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct in 1797, and a branch which settled at Nuremberg in 1878; but the See also:

• ULM

Ulm branch of the family is still flourishing . See K . Habler, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die iiberseeischen Unternehmungen der Welser (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1903) ; W . Boheim, Philippine Welser (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1894); and A . Kleinschmidt, Augsburg, Nurnberg and ihre Handelsfursten (See also:

• CASSEL
• CASSEL, or KASSEL

Cassel, 1881) .