Marguerite Poullain
id:
marguerite-poullain-243-2069277
title:
Marguerite Poullain
text:
Marguerite Poullain (1537–1613) was a French merchant, referred to as the richest merchant in Nantes in the 16th century. She was the only woman to be a member of the powerful Nantes merchant association Contractation, and was at one point its only female leader. She was born to the rich Nantes merchant Julien Poullain, sieur de La Branchoire and Isabeau Houys, and married in 1557 to the rich Nantes merchant Pierre d'Espinose. She became active in business as a widow.
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
French merchant (1535–1613)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Poullain
date created:
date modified:
2024-04-06T05:51:19Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q77250221","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q77250221"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
14