Zimbert Jenisch
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Zimbert Jenisch (1587, Augsburg – 28 November 1645, Hamburg) was a German merchant and patrician.[1]
Background
The son of Augsburg council member Melchior Jenisch and Elisabeth Haintzel von Degelstein, Zimbert's mother was a granddaughter of Catharina
Welser (1487–1550), who was a sister of Bartholomeus V. Welser and aunt of Philippine Welser
.
In 1618 Zimbert became a
Mediterranean
.
Married twice, Zimbert's first wife from 1618 was Maria Elisabeth Putz from Stade and after her death from 1635 he remarried to Esther
Amsinck
, a daughter of Hamburg senator Rudolf Amsinck.
In 1641 he founded the Drondheimbsche Compagnie (Trondheim Company), headquartered in Glückstadt (then in Denmark), that imported fish from Norway to Germany.
Nobility
Zimbert Jenisch was ennobled by Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor in 1629. He didn't use his noble title in the republic of Hamburg, however.
References
- ^ Deutsches Geschlechterbuch Vol. 127 p. 27
Literature
- Percy Ernst Schramm, "Jenisch, Zimbert", in: Neue Deutsche Biographie, Vol. 10, Berlin 1974, pp. 401–402