Gabriel Marselis (c. 157516 July 1643,

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) was a Dutch merchant. He established a large trading house, based in

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and

, with connections to several royal houses in Europe. Marselis may have been born in

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to a family who escaped to the Northern Netherlands before or during the siege of that city by the Spanish in 1584/5. Around 1597 and probably in

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, Marselis married Anna L'Hermite (c.1577–1652), who was definitely from Antwerp and was related to the contemporary merchant Jacques L'Hermite. Among their sons were

Selius Marselis Selius Marselis (15 December 1600 – 20 March 1663) was a Dutch-born Norwegian tradesman. He was also a major land owner whose possessions included ownership of Frogner Manor. Marselis was born in Rotterdam, the son of merchant Gabriel Mar ...

Gabriel Marselis Gabriel Marselis (1609 – buried 5 April 1673) was a wealthy Danish tradesman and land owner. Biography He was born in Hamburg, the son of the immigrated Dutch merchant Gabriel Marselis Sr. (c. 1575–1643), and was a brother of Seli ...

, Peter Marselis and Leonhard Marselis. The family company was further developed by his sons and sons-in-law, and they eventually came to be among the largest trading family houses in Northern Europe.

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1570s births 1643 deaths 17th-century Dutch businesspeople 17th-century merchants Dutch merchants {{netherlands-bio-stub