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The Fugger family of mercantile bankers and venture capitalists, the richest family in the 16th century. [63] The Welser family, alongside the Fugger one of the most important families of merchant bankers in 16th-century Europe. The Baring family, owners of an important merchant bank in London in the 18th to 19th centuries.
The family was elevated to noble rank in the Holy Roman Empire and the United Kingdom. [4] [5] During the 19th century, the Rothschild family possessed the largest private fortune in the world, as well as in modern world history. [6] [7] [8] The family's wealth declined over the 20th century, and was divided among many descendants. [9]
House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties is a 2004 book by Craig Unger that explores the relationship between the Saudi Royal Family and the Bush extended political family.
The Rockefeller File offers a critical look into the lives -- and secrets -- of the controversial family behind the colossal fortune. The shocking, true story was written by Gary Allen almost 30 ...
A noble house is an aristocratic family or kinship group, either currently or historically of national or international significance [clarification needed], and usually associated with one or more hereditary titles, the most senior of which will be held by the "Head of the House" or patriarch.
This is a list of richest monarchs and family members, as estimated by forbes.com in 2015, [1] Business Insider in 2018, [2] and the CEOWORLD magazine in 2019. [3] The evaluations are based on their personal net worths , excluding properties held by the State, Government or Crown, and all of the figures are in U.S. dollars .
They grew in riches and, after 1224, became also the most powerful family in the former Kingdom of Thessalonica (northern Greece). The first margraves were of Guy's line until his daughter Isabella died, at which time the line of Rubino inherited the throne. The Pallavicini were related to the De la Roche family then ruling in Athens.
The Borja Family: Historiography, Legend and Literature by Eulàlia Duran, Institut d’Estudis Catalans; Bibliography of heraldry of family Borgia; History of the Borgia Family; Institut Internacional d'Estudis Borgians (in Spanish) García Rivas, Manuel: Los Borja americanos: su contribución al mundo de la cultura. Revista Borja.