Hans Fugger

Hans Fugger von der Lilie , completely Hans, Freiherr Fugger, Lord of Kirchheim, Glött, Mickhausen, Stettenfels and Schmiechen , (* September 4, 1531 , † April 19, 1598 , buried in Kirchheim in Swabia ) was a member of the Swabian merchant family Fugger . He is not to be confused with one of his ancestors, Hans Fugger , who lived in the 14th century and who founded the Fugger family.

Life

Elisabeth Notthannt von Weißenstein , wife of Hans Fugger

Marital alliance coat of arms of Elisabetha Nothaftin von Weissenstein (* 1560; † 1582) and Hans Fugger (* 1531; † 1598), from the Fugger's Secret Book of Honor , made in the workshop of Jörg Breu the Younger , 1545–1549

Epitaph Hans Fuggers in St. Peter and Paul, Kirchheim in Swabia

Hans Fugger was the second son of Anton Fugger (1493–1560) and Anna Fugger , geb. Rehlinger. Like his brothers Marx (1529–1597), Hieronimus (1533–1573) and Jakob (1542–1598) he received - according to the new status of the family - a commercial, as well as a cultural and philosophical education. All his life he served the Fugger trading company in a wide variety of areas. These extended from the Netherlands via Spain to their native Augsburg.

After the death of his father Anton in 1560, he and his brothers managed the trading company and the now considerable property of the family together. In 1573 the entire property was divided among the brothers. Hans received, among others, the dominions of Kirchheim , Glött , Burg Stettenfels and Duttenstein . In 1583 he received together with his brothers the imperial status in the Swabian Imperial Counts College , as well as the district status in the Swabian Imperial Circle . Hans Fugger later acquired inheritance shares in the lordships of Mindelheim (1586), Dirlewang (1587) and Daxberg (1590). After 1597, he succeeded his late brother Marx as head of the entire Fugger trading company.

Hans Fugger was married to Elisabeth Notthracht von Weißenstein (1539–1582) since 1560 . The couple had three sons and two daughters, including Jakob (1567–1626), later Bishop of Constance.

Hans Fugger and art

In earlier times, Hans Fugger was regarded as one of the greatest patrons of his time. Today research sees it differently. Fugger wanted to offer his friends and customers a particularly well-groomed social atmosphere. In return, everything was right and cheap to him that was good, beautiful and expensive. His castles in Kirchheim and Stettenfels can be seen in this context . His apartment in the Fugger houses in Augsburg with the "bath rooms" that have been preserved to this day also served this purpose.

The correspondence of Hans Fugger

Hardly any other contemporary of Hans Fugger has received so many letters in copy books . These are located in the Fugger archive in Dillingen an der Donau . In the meantime they have been made available to research in regesta form .

literature

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München (Ed.): The Fugger in the picture. Self-portrayal of a family dynasty of the Renaissance. Exhibition catalog. Quaternio, Lucerne 2010, ISBN 978-3-88008-003-4 .
Johannes Burkhardt : The Fugger's Book of Honor. Facsimile, transcription and commentary. 2 volumes. Wißner, Augsburg 2004, ISBN 3-89639-445-2 .
Johannes Burkhardt, Franz Karg (ed.): The world of Hans Fugger (1531–1598). Materials on the history of the Fugger, Volume 1. Wissner, Augsburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89639-557-3 .
Mark Häberlein: The Fuggers. History of an Augsburg family (1367–1650). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-17-018472-5 .
Christl Karnehm: Hans Fugger's correspondence from 1566–1594. Regesta of the copy books from the Fugger archive. Munich 2003, ISBN 3-7696-9706-5 .
Franz Karg: Schloss Kirchheim art guide. 2nd Edition. Fink, Lindenberg 2001, ISBN 3-931820-76-9 .
Georg Lill: Hans Fugger (1531–1598) and art. A contribution to the late Renaissance in southern Germany. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1908 ( digitized , PDF file)
Hans Jürgen Rieckenberg: Fugger, Johannes. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 721 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Hans Fugger - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Works by and about Hans Fugger in the German Digital Library
Literature by and about Hans Fugger in the catalog of the German National Library
Genealogical data on Hans Fugger

Individual evidence

^ Max Spindler, Andreas Kraus: History of Swabia up to the end of the 18th century. Volume 3, Part 2, p. 327 ( Google books )

personal data
SURNAME	Fugger, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fugger, Hans Freiherr Herr zu Kirchheim, Glött, Mickhausen, Stettenfels and Schmiechen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German merchant the Fugger
DATE OF BIRTH	September 4, 1531
DATE OF DEATH	April 19, 1598
Place of death	Kirchheim in Swabia

[1] Max Spindler, Andreas Kraus: History of Swabia up to the end of the 18th century. Volume 3, Part 2, p. 327 ( Google books )