Aletta Haniel

Aletta Haniel née Noot, was a German business person. She managed a substantial transport and trade firm in Duisburg in 1782-1809.
She was the daughter of Jan Willem Noot, married Jacob [Wilhelm Haniel] in 1761 and became the mother of Franz Haniel.
In 1772, she and her spouse took over the company of her father Franz Haniel & [Cie.|Franz Haniel & Cie]., and in 1782, she took over the wine merchant and transport firm as a widow. She also, from 1792, managed a coal trading company and shipped iron along the rivers Ruhr and Rhine.
She retired in 1809 and divided the firm among her sons.