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  2. List of wealthiest families - Wikipedia

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    The Fugger family of mercantile bankers and venture capitalists, the richest family in the 16th century. [62] 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.

  3. House of Castro - Wikipedia

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    This branch became the most powerful of the Galician nobility, and one of the most powerful in Spain. Traditionally linked to the county of Lemos, the most illustrious representatives were the "Great Count of Lemos" and his uncle, Cardinal Rodrigo de Castro Osorio. Another scion, Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro is still well remembered in Peru.

  4. List of noble houses - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Capetian dynasty - Wikipedia

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    It was also one of the most powerful royal family in European history, having played a major role in its politics for much of its existence. According to Oxford University, 75% of all royal families in European history, are related to the Capetian dynasty. [4] [5] [6]

  6. Rendakis - Wikipedia

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    In the beginning of the 8th century, the number of officials of clearly provincial origin had increased, and the Rendakioi was one of these families. [4] In the 9th century, the family numbered among the most powerful families in the Byzantine Empire, alongside those of Bryennios, Choirosphaktes, Monomachos, and Tessarakontapechys. [5]

  7. Mitsui family - Wikipedia

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    The Mitsui family (三井家, Mitsui-ke) is one of the most powerful families of merchants and industrialists in Japan.. The Mitsui enterprise (present-day Mitsui Group) was established in 1673 when Mitsui Takatoshi (1622–1694), the son of merchant parents, established Echigoya, a dry goods department store in both Edo and Kyoto, which later became the Mitsukoshi department store chain.

  8. Rothschild family - Wikipedia

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    The Rothschild family (/ ˈ r ɒ θ (s) tʃ aɪ l d / ROTH(S)-chylde German: [ˈʁoːt.ʃɪlt]) is a wealthy Ashkenazi Jewish noble banking family originally from Frankfurt.The family's documented history starts in 16th-century Frankfurt; its name is derived from the family house, Rothschild, built by Isaak Elchanan Bacharach in Frankfurt in 1567.

  9. House of Haro - Wikipedia

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    The House of Haro was one of the most powerful families of Castile during the Middle Ages, which strongly supported the expansionist policies of Alfonso VI of Castile.As a reward, Íñigo López was named the first Lord of Biscay.

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