The House of Fugger () is a German upper

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family that was historically a prominent group of European bankers, members of the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century mercantile patriciate of Augsburg, international mercantile bankers, and venture capitalists. Alongside the

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, the Fugger family controlled much of the

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in the sixteenth century and accumulated enormous wealth. The Fuggers held a near monopoly on the European copper market. This banking family replaced the

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, who influenced all of Europe during the Renaissance. The Fuggers took over many of the Medicis' assets and their political power and influence. They were closely affiliated with the House of Habsburg whose rise to world power they financed. Unlike the citizenry of their hometown and most other trading patricians of German free imperial cities, such as the Tuchers, they never converted to Lutheranism, as presented in the

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, but rather remained with the Roman Catholic Church and thus close to the Habsburg emperors. Jakob Fugger ''"the Rich"'' was elevated to the nobility of the Holy Roman Empire in May 1511 and assumed the title Imperial Count of Kirchberg and Weissenhorn in 1514. Today, he is considered to be one of the wealthiest people ever to have lived, with an GDP-adjusted net worth of over $400 billion, and approximately 2% of the entire GDP of Europe at the time. While the company was dissolved in 1657, the Fuggers remained wealthy landowners and ruled the County of Kirchberg and Weissenhorn. The Babenhausen branch became Princes of the Holy Roman Empire in 1803, while the Glött branch of the family became Princes in Bavaria in 1914.

History

Founding

The founder of the family was Hans Fugger, a weaver at

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, near the

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of Augsburg. The last name was originally spelled "Fucker" – the first recorded reference to the family comes when Johann's son, also named Johann (or Hans), moves to Augsburg in 1367, with the local tax register laconically noting ''Fucker advenit'', "Fugger has arrived". He married Klara Widolf and became an Augsburg citizen. After Klara's death, he married Elizabeth Gattermann. He joined the weaver's guild, and by 1396 he was ranked high in the list of taxpayers. He added the business of a merchant to that of a weaver. His eldest son,

Andreas Fugger Andreas Fugger (1394, Augsburg – 1457, Augsburg), known as "der Reiche", was a German businessman. He was the oldest son of Hans Fugger and Elisabeth Gfattermann, making him the elder brother of Jakob Fugger the Elder. He was the founder of th ...

, was a merchant in the weaving trade, and was nicknamed "Fugger the Rich" after buying land and other properties. The Fugger family itemized and inventoried a large number of Asian rugs, an unusual undertaking at the time. Andreas's son,

Lukas Fugger Lukas I. Fugger vom Reh (1439 - after 1512) was a German businessman and member of the Fugger family. He was the second eldest son of Andreas Fugger Andreas Fugger (1394, Augsburg – 1457, Augsburg), known as "der Reiche", was a German bus ...

, was granted arms by the Emperor Frederick III, a golden deer on a blue background, and he was soon nicknamed "the Fugger of the Deer". He was too ambitious, however, and went bankrupt. His descendants served their cousins of the famous younger branch and later went to Silesia. Contemporary members of the Fugger of the Deer (''German:'' Fugger vom Reh) are descendants of Matthäus Fugger (1442–1489/92). The current head of the family is Markus Fugger von dem Rech (born 1970). Giovanni_Bellini_-_Portrait_of_Joerg_Fugger_(1474)

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Hans Fugger's younger son, Jakob the Elder, founded another branch of the family. This branch progressed more steadily and they became known as the "Fuggers of the Lily" after their chosen arms of a flowering lily on a gold and blue background. Jakob was a master weaver, a merchant, and an alderman. He married

Barbara Basinger Barbara Fugger (1419 – 23 July 1497) was a German businessperson and banker. Biography Barbara Baesinger was born to a wealthy family in Augsburg, Germany. While still a teenager, she was married to textile merchant Jakob Fugger the Elder. S ...

, the daughter of a goldsmith. His fortune progressed, and by 1461, he was the twelfth richest man in Augsburg. He died in 1469. Jakob's eldest son, Ulrich, took over the business on his father's death, and in 1473 he provided new suits of clothes to Frederick, his son

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, and his suite on their journey to Trier to meet Charles the Bold of

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and the betrothal of the young prince to Charles's daughter Maria. Thus began a very profitable relationship between the Fugger family and the

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s. With the help of their brother in Rome, Marx, Ulrich and his brother George handled remittances to the papal court of monies for the sale of indulgences and the procuring of church benefices. From 1508 to 1515 they leased the Roman mint. Ulrich died in 1510. When the Fuggers made their first loan to the Archduke Sigismund in 1487, they took as security an interest in silver and copper mines in the Tirol. This was the beginning of an extensive family involvement in mining and precious metals. The Fuggers also participated in mining operations in Silesia, and owned copper mines in Hungary. Their trade in spices, wool, and silk extended to almost all parts of Europe.

Jakob Fugger "the Rich"

Ulrich's youngest brother Jakob Fugger, born in 1459, was to become the most famous member of the dynasty. In 1498 he married Sibylla Artzt, Grand Burgheress to Augsburg, the daughter of an eminent Grand Burgher of Augsburg (German ''Großbürger zu Augsburg''). They had no children, but this marriage gave Jakob the opportunity to elevate to Grand Burgher of Augsburg and later allowed him to pursue a seat on the city council () of Augsburg. He was elevated to the nobility of the Holy Roman Empire in May 1511, made Imperial Count in 1514, and in 1519 led a consortium of German and Italian businessmen that loaned Charles V 850,000

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(about 95,625 oz(t) or 2974 kg of gold) to procure his election as

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over Francis I of France. The Fuggers' contribution was 543,000 florins. In 1494, the Fuggers established their first public company. Jakob's aim was to establish a copper monopoly by opening foundries in

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and

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(named for the family, in

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) and by expanding the sales organization in Europe, especially the

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agency. Jakob leased the copper mines in Besztercebánya in the Kingdom of Hungary (today

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, Slovakia) in 1495, eventually making them the greatest mining centre of the time. At the height of his power Jakob Fugger was sharply criticized by his contemporaries, especially by

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and Martin Luther, for selling indulgences and benefices and urging the Pope to rescind or amend the prohibition on the levying of interest. The imperial fiscal and governmental authorities in Nuremberg brought action against him and other merchants in an attempt to halt their

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practices. In 1511, Jakob deposited 15,000 florins as an endowment for some

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s. In 1514, he bought up part of Augsburg and in 1516 came to an agreement with the city that he would build and provide a number of almshouses for needy citizens. By 1523, 52 houses had been built, and the Fuggerei had come into existence. It is still used today. Jakob died in 1525. He is considered to be one of the richest persons of all time, and today he is well known as Jakob Fugger "the rich". At its peak his wealth is estimated to be 2% of Europe's GDP

Later years

Jakob's successor was his nephew

Anton Fugger Anton Fugger (10 June 1493 – 14 September 1560) was a German merchant and member of the Fugger family. He was a nephew of Jakob Fugger. Biography Anton was the third and youngest son of George Fugger and Regina Imhof. He was born in Augsburg o ...

, son of his elder brother Georg. Anton was born in 1493, married Anna Rehlinger, and died in 1560. In 1525, the Fuggers were granted the revenues from the Spanish orders of knighthood together with the profits from mercury and silver mines. The formerly rich yield of the Tirolean and Hungarian mines decreased, but Anton established new trade ties with Peru and Chile and started mining ventures in

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and Norway. He was involved in the slave trade from Africa to America, but was more successful in the spice trade and the importation of Hungarian cattle. Eventually, he was forced to renounce the

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lease after 1542 and to give up the silver mines of

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. After hard times under Anton's nephew and successor Johann Jakob, Anton's oldest son, Markus, carried on the business successfully, earning some 50,000,000

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s between 1563 and 1641 from the production of mercury at Almadén alone, but the Fugger company was completely dissolved after the Thirty Years' War when Leopold Fugger returned the mines in Tyrol to the Habsburgs in 1657. Goldschmiedekapelle (St

The burial chapel of the Fuggers in St. Anne's Church, Augsburg of 1509 is the earliest example of Renaissance architecture in Germany.

Anselm Maria Fugger von Babenhausen Anselm Maria Fürst Fugger von Babenhausen (1 July 1766 – 20 November 1821) was a German nobleman of the Fugger family. He was the first reigning Count (and later Imperial Prince) of the Principality of Babenhausen, in what is now the Landkre ...

(1766–1821) was created Prince of the Holy Roman Empire in 1803. The present head of this branch is Prince Hubertus ''Fugger von Babenhausen'' who owns Jakob the Rich's former business seat, the

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in Augsburg, as well as nearby Wellenburg Castle and the castle at Babenhausen, Bavaria (purchased by Anton Fugger in 1539 and today housing a museum on the family history); he is also co-owner of a small private bank, the

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, in Augsburg. The branch ''Fugger von Glött'', descendants of Johann Ernst, a great-grandson of Anton, was elevated to the rank of a Bavarian prince in 1914 with

Carl Ernst Fürst Fugger von Glött Graf Carl Ernst Maria Fidel Alfred Anton Fugger von Glött, since 1914: Fürst Fugger von Glött (2 July 1859, Oberndorf am Lech – 25 April 1940, Kirchheim in Schwaben) was a member of the noble family of the Fugger. He was a jurist, pres ...

; the branch ended in the male line with his son Joseph-Ernst Fürst Fugger von Glött (1895–1981),husband of Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern (1895-1975), his estate including the castle at Kirchheim in Schwaben (acquired in 1551 by Anton Fugger) being inherited by his sister Maria's (1894–1935) son, Albert Count von Arco-Zinneberg (b. 1932), whom he adopted, and who took on the name Fugger von Glött. The comital branch ''Fugger von Kirchberg und zu Weissenhorn'' is today represented by countess Maria-Elisabeth von

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, née countess Fugger, heiress of Kirchberg Castle at

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(bought in 1507 by Jakob Fugger). She also heads the charitable family foundations including the Fuggerei in Augsburg and

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monastery. In Augsburg, a museum of Fugger and Welser history (Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum) was opened.

Findings

In April 2019, Dutch maritime investigators unearthed a 16th-century

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during an exploration for container ship MSC Zoe which lost containers overboard in January 2019. Copper plates with emblem of the Fugger family were found in the ship built around 1540 in the Netherlands during the reign of Charles V.

Family members

* Hans (I.) Fugger (in Augsburg from 1367, died 1408) ** Fugger Ehrenbuch 006

(1394–1457), founder of the branch "Fugger of the Deer" *** Jakob Fugger (b. 1430) ***

(b. 1439-ca 1512) *** Matthäus Fugger (b. 1442) **** Sebastian Fugger (b. 1470/72) ***** Andreas Wilhelm Hieronimus Fugger (1507–1573) ****** Georg Wilhelm Sebastian Raymund Fugger (1547–ca 1600) **** Ulrich Fugger (1524–1586) *** Hans Fugger (b. 1443) **** Gastel Fugger (1475–1539), ennobled in 1529 ***** Wolfgang Fugger (1519/20–1568) ******

Johann Christoph Fugger Johann Christoph Fugger (1561-1612) was a German businessman and the last famous survivor of the Fugger vom Reh branch of the Fugger family. He was employed at the royal court in Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) ...

(1561–1612) ** Fugger Ehrenbuch 011

Jakob Fugger the Elder Jakob Fugger (1398 in Augsburg – 1469 in Augsburg) was a German master weaver, town councillor and merchant, as well as the founder of the Fugger dynasty. He was later known as Jakob Fugger the Elder to distinguish him from his son Jakob F ...

(1398–1469), founder of the branch "Fugger of the Lily" ***

Ulrich Fugger the Elder Ulrich Fugger ''von der Lilie'' (1441–1510) was a German businessman of the Fugger family. He formally headed the family firm from his father's death in 1469 until his own death in 1510 after an operation to remove a bladder stone, though h ...

(1441–1510), head of the Augsburg company ****

Ulrich Fugger the Younger Ulrich Fugger the Younger (1490 - 1525; ''von der Lilie'') was a German merchant and businessman from the Fugger family. Active in Augsburg, he was the second-eldest son of Ulrich Fugger the Elder and Veronika Lauginger. In 1516 he married Veroni ...

(1490–1525) *** Georg Fugger (1453–1506), head of the Nuremberg company **** Raymund Fugger (1489–1535), cr. Imperial Count of Kirchberg, Weissenhorn and Marstetten in 1535 *****

Johann Jakob Fugger Johann Jakob Fugger or Hans Jakob Fugger (23 December 1516, Augsburg - 14 July 1575, Munich) was a German banker and patron of the arts and sciences from the ''von der Lilie'' (''of the Lily'') line of the noted Fugger banking family. Life He was ...

(Hans II. Jakob) (1516–1575) ****** Sigmund Friedrich Fugger (1542–1600), bishop ***** Georg Fugger (1518–1569) ****** Philipp Eduard Fugger (1546–1618) ****** Octavian Secundus Fugger (1549–1600) ***** Ulrich (III.) Fugger (1526–1584) ****

(1493–1560), cr. Imperial Count in 1530 ***** Markus (III.) Fugger (1529–1597), founder of the company ''Marx Fugger and brothers'' ***** Hans (III.) Fugger of Kirchheim and Glött (1531–1598) ****** Markus (IV.) Fugger (1564–1614) ****** Jakob (IV.) Fugger (1567–1626) ****** Christoph Fugger (1566–1615) ******* Carl Ernst Fugger (1559–1640) *******

Otto Heinrich Fugger, Count of Kirchberg Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fro ...

("Ottheinrich") (1592–1644), general ***** Jakob (III.) Fugger (1542–1598), Lord of Babenhausen, Wellenburg and Boos ****** Johann Fugger the Elder (1583–1633) ******* ...

(1766–1821), cr. Prince of the Holy Roman Empire in 1803 *** Jakob Fugger "the Rich" (1459–1525), head of international activities, cr. Baron in 1511, cr. Imperial Count in 1514

(Mediatized) Princes of Fugger-Babenhausen (1803)

* Anselm, 1st Prince 1803–1821 (1766–1821), m. Countess Maria Antonia of Waldburg zu Zeil-Wurzach ** Anton, 2nd Prince 1821–1836 (1800–1836), m. Princess Franziska of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein und Jagstberg *** Leopold, 3rd Prince 1836–1885 (1827–1885), m. Countess Anna von Gatterburg *** Karl, 4th Prince 1885–1906 (1829–1906), m. Countess Friederike von Christalnigg von und zu Gillitzstein **** Karl, 5th Prince 1906–1925 (1861–1925), m. Princess Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein ***** Georg, 6th Prince 1925–1934 (1889–1934), m. Countess Elisabeth von Plessen ****** Friedrich Carl, 7th Prince 1934–1979 (1914–1979), m. Countess Gunilla

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******* Prince Carl-Anton Maria, renounced his rights 1970 (b. 1944) ******* Hubertus, 8th Prince 1979–present (b. 1946), m. Princess Alexandra of Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Spielberg ******** Hereditary Prince Leopold (b. 1980); m. Annina Kammer ********* Prince Antonius (b. 2013) ********* Prince Ferdinand (b. 2016) ******** Prince Alexander (b. 1981) ******** Prince Nikolaus (b. 1993) ******* Prince Markus (b. 1950) ******* Count Johannes (b. 1957), m. 1983 Princess Miriam of Lobkowicz (b. 1961) ******** Count Constantin (b. 1986),Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XIV. "Fugger". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1991, pp. 269–270, 303. (German). . m. 2017 Princess Sophie of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (b. 1988) ******** Prince Philipp (b. 1988)

Gallery

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(1493–1560) File:HansFugger1531.jpg, Hans (III.) Fugger (1531–1598) File:ChristophFugger.jpg, Christoph Fugger, by

Christoph Amberger Christoph Amberger (c. 1505 – 1562) was a painter of Augsburg in the 16th century, a disciple of Hans Holbein, his principal work being the history of Joseph in twelve pictures. Life His father was a stonemason and his grandfather a wood ...

, 1541

Acquisitions

* Kirchberg and Weißenhorn with Wullenstetten and Pfaffenhofen (Roth) (1507) *

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(1508) * Biberbach (1514) *

Gablingen Gablingen is a municipality in the district of Augsburg in Bavaria in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and ...

(1527) *

Mickhausen Mickhausen is a municipality in the district of Augsburg in Bavaria in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and ...

(1528) * Burgwalden (1529; , in ''Landkreis'' Augsburg, Bavaria) * Oberndorf an der Donau (1533) * Lands in Hungary (1535) * Pflege Donauwörth (1536) * Glött (1537) * Babenhausen und Brandenburg (1539) *

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(1546) * Rettenbach (1547) * Lands in Alsace (1551) * Kirchheim (1551) * Duttenstein Castle, near Dischingen (1551; Schloss Duttenstein, in ''Landkreis'' Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg) *

Eppishausen Eppishausen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Swabia in Bavaria, Germany. It has a municipal association with Kirchheim in Schwaben Kirchheim or Kirchheim in Schwaben ( engl. ''Kirchheim in Swabia'') is a municipalit ...

(1551) * Niederalfingen (1551) *

Stettenfels Castle Stettenfels Castle is a medieval castle above the town of Untergruppenbach in Heilbronn. It was once owned by Hans Fugger and is now used for cultural events. History The castle was built in the 11th century, probably at about the same time ...

(1551;

Burg Stettenfels Stettenfels Castle is a medieval castle above the town of Untergruppenbach in Heilbronn. It was once owned by Hans Fugger and is now used for cultural events. History The castle was built in the 11th century, probably at about the same time as ...

, in ''Landkreis''

Heilbronn Heilbronn () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, surrounded by Heilbronn (district), Heilbronn District. With over 126,000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state. From the late Mid ...

, Baden-Württemberg) * Reichau, near Boos (1551) * Kettershausen und Bebenhausen (1558) The following historic buildings are still owned by the Fugger family: File:Augsburg Fuggerhaeuser Stadtpalast.jpg,

in Augsburg File:Fugger Fuggerei-Markuskirche+Herrengasse.jpg, Fuggerei in Augsburg File:Fuggerschloß.jpg, The castle at Babenhausen, Bavaria File:MHV Fugger Castle Wellenburg.jpg, Wellenburg Castle in Augsburg File:Fuggerschloss Kirchheim11.jpg, The castle at Kirchheim in Schwaben File:Schloss Oberkirchberg Illerkirchberg 101.jpg, Kirchberg Castle at

Family tree

References

External links

Fugger family website
(multilingual)
Fugger family on History.com

The Fugger Newsletters
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