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Claiming descent from the Byzantine general Belisarius, the family is known since the 13th century. By the early Age of Discovery, the Welser family had established trading posts in Antwerp, Lyon, Madrid, Nuremberg, Sevilla, Lisbon, Venice, Rome and Santo Domingo. The Welsers financed not only the Emperor, but also other European monarchs. After the Reformation, both Welser and Fugger families remained in the Roman Catholic Church.[3] HistoryThe history of the family can be traced back to the 13th century. Later its members became widely known as prominent merchants. In the 15th and 16th centuries, branches of the family settled at Nuremberg and in Austria, respectively. The Venezuela purchaseBartholomeus V. Welser lent the Emperor Charles V a great sum of money for which in 1528 he received as security the Province of Venezuela, developing it as Klein-Venedig (little Venice) but in consequence of their rapacious acts the Welsers were deprived of their rule before the Emperor's reign was over. His son, Bartholomeus VI. Welser, explored Venezuela and was executed by local Spanish Governor Juan de Carvajal in 1546. Habsburg marriageBartholomäus's niece, Philippine (1527–80), daughter of Franz Welser, was renowned for her learning and beauty. She secretly married the Archduke Ferdinand, second son of the Emperor Ferdinand I. She was given the titles Baroness of Zinnenburg, Margravine of Burgau, Landgravine of Nellenburg and Countess of Oberhohenberg and Niederhohenberg. Their children were debarred from inheriting their father's rank as Archdukes of Austria; their son Margrave Andrew of Burgau became a cardinal and Charles, Margrave of Burgau became a noted general. Other membersAnother member of the Welser family, Markus Welser (1558–1614), was famed for his learning. He was a humanist, historian, publisher and from 1611 Bürgermeister of Augsburg. Carl Wilhelm Welser von Neunhof (1663–1711) was a mayor of Nuremberg. Branches and nobilityBartholomeus V. Welser was ennobled by the Emperor in 1532. The Augsburg main line became extinct in 1797, the Nuremberg branch in 1878. The Ulm branch, which became Imperial Barons in 1713, still exists. The Welsersche Familienstiftung, founded on 1 April 1539, still exists and has owned numerous castles in Germany. Following the extinction of the more senior lines of the family, the Ulm branch became administrators of the foundation. LegacyIn Augsburg, a museum of Welser and Fugger history is planned (Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum).[4][5] References1. ^F. Roth: "Welser." In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Vol. 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, pp. 682–692. 2. ^{{NIE|wstitle=Welser|year=1905|inline=1}} 3. ^https://cloudfront.escholarship.org/dist/prd/content/qt06t7z88k/qt06t7z88k.pdf?t=p5nne5&nosplash=53fa2684038b98f48caeece55add3610 4. ^http://fugger-und-welser-museum.byseum.de/de/home 5. ^http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/augsburg/Museum-fuer-die-Fugger-und-Welser-id3469031.html Literature
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