Difference between revisions of "Iselin, Reinhard"

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The coat of arms of Baron Iselin

”Kort over en del af Gentofte kommune med Charlottenlund, Jægersborg og Tårbæk”, The Royal Library. This map shows what is most likely the Iselin cotton manufacture (Cattun Fabrique) near Klampenborg, and incidentally, the Bernstorff Castle. About 1760.

Born 4.8.1714 in Basel. Died 10.4.1781. Buried at Frederiks German Church in Christianshavn, Copenhagen (?)

Family
Father: Iselin, Johan Ludvig (Brugg), who was involved in the company Gürtlers & Wirts (Swiss Historical Dictionary) External link to Swiss Historical Dictionary

Mother: Schrotberger, Margaretha (?-1755)

Marriage: 9.2.1752 in Copenhagen, German Reformist Church to Fabritius de Tengnagel, Anna Elisabeth, born 20.8.1735 in Copenhagen, died 17.3.1786. Fabritius de Tengnagel, Anna Elisabeth was the daughter of bank commissioner, and director for Asiatisk Kompagni, Fabritius, Michael (1697–1746) and Koster, Anna Maria (1705–1775) (BioLek III)

Children: Daghter Mimi, married to the Count Rantzau, Christian Frederik Ernst (BioLek III). Another source claims her name was Iselin, Marie Margrethe (28.2.1753 - 14.9.1814) and that the couple were married on 14.6.1776 in Copenhagen, but that they were divorced on and Rantzau went on to marry Huth, Charlotte Wilhelmine von (Wikipedia) Daughter Lisa, married to Calmette, Antoine de la (BioLek III)

Timeline
1740: Upon spending some time learning the trade in Basel and Cologne, Iselin came to Copenhagen where he started working for House of Fabritius & Wever (BioLek III)

1748: Inducted into the Basel Safran Guild (Swiss Historical Dictionary)

1749: Established his own bank- and merchant house, House of Reinhard Iselin & Co. which quickly became one of the most influential merchant houses in Copenhagen (BioLek III) (Swiss Historical Dictionary). The same year Iselin was inducted into the Guild of Wholesale merchants in Copenhagen (Swiss Historical Dictionary)

1754: Established a cloth manufacture (BioLek III)

1755: Granted royal priviledge to print cotton on the Christiansholm estate near Klampenborg (BioLek III)

1755 - ?: Involved in the establishment of the Royal African Company (BioLek III)

1759-1769: Director of Asiatisk Kompagni. (BioLek III)

1766: Etatsraad (BioLek III)

1769: Konferensraad (BioLek III)

1772: Purchased the Ouerlooske tannery (BioLek III)

1776: Enobled, baron (BioLek III)

Property
Iselingen

Rosenfeld (BioLek III)

Rosendal (BioLek III)

Rosenvænget in Copenhagen (probably the old Holmsted, Frederik estate where the cotton printing took place) (BioLek III)

A small estate in Lyngby, now Gramlille (BioLek III)

Iselin was considered one of the most affluent merchants, and was therefore also one of the merchants who supplied funds for the state loans at request of Bernstorff, J. H. E.. (BioLek III)