Aldegonde Jeanne Pauli (1685–1761), was a politically influential banker in the

Austrian Netherlands The Austrian Netherlands nl, Oostenrijkse Nederlanden; french: Pays-Bas Autrichiens; german: Österreichische Niederlande; la, Belgium Austriacum. was the territory of the Burgundian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire between 1714 and 1797. The p ...

. She married the merchant, maritime insurer and financier Pietro Proli, and took over the Proli Bank when he died in 1733. She handled most of the loans of the imperial government in Vienna in the Low countries and was famous for her business skills. She left it to her son Charles, but the power of the government loans in the Austrian Netherlands moved from the Proli bank to the Nettine Bank of

Barbe de Nettine Barbe Louise de Nettine, née ''Stoupy'' (1706-1775), was a politically influential banker in the Austrian Netherlands. She married the banker Matthias Nettine, who introduced her in to the business in 1744, and inherited his bank as a widow in 17 ...

under his leadership.

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* Béatrice Craig:
Women and Business Since 1500: Invisible Presences in Europe and North America?
' 1685 births 1761 deaths Businesspeople of the Austrian Netherlands 18th-century Dutch businesswomen 18th-century Dutch businesspeople Dutch bankers Women bankers Women of the Austrian Netherlands {{Netherlands-business-bio-stub

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