Bardi family

Sectors:

  • Merchanting & trade, international & inland General trading & trade
  • Financial services Private loan financing inc individuals & businesses

Notes:

London branch opened by 1290 by the Bardi family, an immensely wealthy Florentine family who by the mid 14th were Europe's leading bankers with many international branches. In London lent to Edward III whose inability to repay - it has been commonly said - eventually led to their downfall. Aligned with the Peruzzi family. Financed voyages of discovery including the first voyage of John Cabot, the Venetian, to North America in c1496 [2023]

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