Johann Christoph Fugger (1561-1612) was a German nobleman and

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Early life and ancestry

Born as the tenth child and sixth son of Wolfgang Fugger von Reh (1519/20–1568) and his wife, Margarethe Tetzel, whose family were part of Patriciate of the Imperial City of Nuremberg. He was the last surviving member of this branch of the

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Biography

He was employed at the royal court in

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. In 1603, he married Regina Greiner (b. 1565), widow of Christoph Buroner from Augsburg (1535-1601). Johann Christoph was a member of the

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. His grandfather, Gastel Fugger (1475–1539), was the one awarded with a

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. Johann Christoph Fugger had no descendants. Contemporary members of the 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).

Family tree

Johann Christoph 1561 births 1612 deaths 17th-century people from the Holy Roman Empire {{Germany-business-bio-stub