Melchior Manlich
Melchior I. Manlich (* 1513 in Augsburg ; † 1576 in Freudenberg Castle near Amberg ) was a 16th century Augsburg merchant.
Life
The Manlich family originally came from Alsace , but were already based in Augsburg in Melchior's time and were an important power factor in the European metal trade. The trading house was of outstanding importance for the Upper Swabian and beyond for the entire Central European economy for about 150 years. The focus was on mining. Matthias (III.?) Manlich had expanded his business activities to Schwaz (Tyrol) in 1552 . The Manlichs were also active in the Upper Hungarian and Mansfeld mining districts.
Around 1560 Melchior bought the Hofmarksrichterhaus Schloss Kissing , but had to sell it again after the renovation began in 1563 because his company was over-indebted. These financial problems, which later led to the bankruptcy of the trading house, were partly caused by the national bankruptcies of Spain and France in 1557.
From 1571 Manlich was active in the Levant trade from Marseille with some of his own ships: he traded small items of metal hardware, linen and metals for dates, raisins, drugs, ointments, cotton, silk fabrics, carpets, pearls and precious stones. He had offices in Constantinople , Famagusta (Cyprus), Tripoli (Lebanon), Aleppo (Syria) and Alexandria .
Dutch freedom fighters ( Geusen ) hijacked a load of pepper worth 50,000 florins off Vlissingen . In 1573, Manlich sent Hans Ulrich Krafft von Dellmensingen and his brother-in-law Leonhard Rauwolf on a trip, but went bankrupt in 1574 - like 70 other Augsburg companies operating across Europe 1556 and 1584. This bankruptcy was preceded by the wars of religion in France from 1572 to 1573 , as a result of which the French court delayed the repayment of loans. Spain's second national bankruptcy in 1575 was imminent.
In 1536 Melchior Manlich was probably painted by Jan Stephan van Calcar in Venice.
Well-known descendants of Melchior I. Manlich were Melchior II. Manlich (* around 1542 in Augsburg; † 1597), whose son Melchior III. Manlich (* 1567) and his son Johann Melchior Manlich (* 1610; † 1648).
literature
- Hermann Kellenbenz : From Melchior Manlich to Ferdinand Cron German levantine and oriental trade relations , in: The Journal of European Economic History 19, 1990, pp. 611–622
- Hermann Kellenbenz: Manlich, Melchior. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , pp. 37-39 ( digitized version ).
- Friedrich Roth : On the bankruptcy of the Melchior Manlich company in Augsburg in 1574 , in: Journal of the Historical Association for Swabia and Neuburg 34, 1908, pp. 160-164.
- AE Sayous: Le commerce de Melchior Manlich et Cie d'Augsbourg à Marseille et dans toute la Méditerranée entre 1571 et 1574. in: Revue historique 176, 1935, pp. 389-411.
- Gerhard Seibold: The Manlich. History of an Augsburg merchant family , Sigmaringen 1995, ISBN 3-7995-6945-6
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Manlich, Melchior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Manlich, Melchior I. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Augsburg merchant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1513 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1576 |
| Place of death | Freudenberg Castle near Amberg |