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The Berenberg family ( Dutch for "bear mountain") was a Flemish -origined Hanseatic family of merchants, bankers and senators in Hamburg, with branches in London, Livorno and other European cities.
The Berenberg family and company had branches in Portugal, Italy and London from the 17th century. A branch of the Berenberg family also established the London firm Meyer & Berenberg in the 17th century and were among London's prominent West Indies merchants.
The Berenberg family ( Dutch for "bear mountain") was a Flemish -origined Hanseatic family of merchant s, bankers and senator s in Hamburg, with branches in London, Livorno and other European cities.
Elisabeth Berenberg (2 December 1749 – 16 January 1822) was a Hamburg heiress, merchant banker and a member of the Berenberg family. She was the last male line member of the Flemish-origined Hanseatic Berenberg banking family in Hamburg, and ancestral mother of the von Berenberg-Gossler family, the current owners of Berenberg Bank.
The Berenberg family was a Flemish-origined Hanseatic family of merchants, bankers and senators in Hamburg, with branches in London, Livorno and other European cities.
In 1768 Senator Paul Berenberg (1v) died childless. His brother Johann, with whom he had managed the business, lost his only son in the same year. Over 175 years five generations of the Berenberg family had given their name to the company and adapted it very successfully to the changing times. Now only Johann Beren-
In 1590, the brothers Hans and Paul Berenberg founded their company in Hamburg. The company was originally involved in the cloth trade and the import and export business. Around 1660, Cornelius Berenberg was already the third generation to run the company.
