Jakob Fugger the Elder
Jakob Fugger (* 1398 in Augsburg ; † March 23, 1469 in Augsburg; later called Jakob Fugger the Elder ) was a master weaver , councilor and merchant . As such, he is the progenitor of the family of the Fugger von der Lilie . He was the father of Jakob Fugger the rich man .
His father was Hans Fugger († 1408/09), who came to the free city of Augsburg from Graben as a rural weaver in 1367 . With a lot of hard work, Hans Fugger was able to leave his family with a not inconsiderable fortune when he died in 1408, and above all two very advantageous marriages (1st Clara Widolf, 2nd Elisabeth Gfattermann).
The widow Elisabeth Fugger-Gfattermann († 1436) continued the weaving and textile trade until her death in 1436. She let her sons Andreas and Jakob learn the goldsmith's trade as apprentices and she taught them the weaving trade and the cloth trade herself.
Together, the three family members built up a prosperous, but still mediocre trading company and made a considerable fortune in the first three decades of the 15th century. After his mother's death, Andreas took over management of the company and the company only separated in 1454. Jakob Fugger took his share out of the company and continued to operate on his own account. Extremely successful, as it turned out, because Jakob Fugger the Elder was already eight years before his death. Ä. among the twelve richest citizens of Augsburg.
Jakob Fugger married Barbara Bäsinger on April 13, 1441 , the daughter of the mint master Franz Bäsinger. After the death of her husband, Barbara Fugger and then her sons continued to run the father's company and made it one of the largest and richest trading houses in Europe.
progeny
From his marriage to Barbara Bäsinger eleven or twelve children emerged, of which one or two died in childhood and three sons as young adults:
- Ulrich Fugger (1441–1510), businessman, ∞ Veronika Lauginger
- Andreas Fugger (1443–1461), businessman
- Anna Fugger (1444–1485), ∞ Hektor Mülich
- Johann / Hans Fugger (1445–1461), merchant
- Markus Fugger (1448–1478), Canon in Augsburg
- Peter Fugger (1450–1473), merchant
- Georg Fugger (1453–1506), businessman, ∞ Regina Imhoff
- Barbara Fugger (1455–1533), ∞ Konrad Meuting
- Walburga Fugger (1457–1500), ∞ Wilhelm Rehm
- Jakob Fugger (1459–1525), businessman, ∞ Sibylla Artzt
- Ursula Fugger (1461–1462)
- Bartholomäus Fugger (1465)
literature
- Bavarian State Library Munich: The Fuggers in the picture. Self-portrayal of a family dynasty of the Renaissance. Exhibition catalog, Quaternio Verlag, Lucerne 2010, ISBN 978-3-88008-003-4 .
- Johannes Burkhardt : The Fugger's Book of Honor. Facsimile, transcription and commentary, 2 volumes, Wißner Verlag, Augsburg 2004, ISBN 3-89639-445-2 .
- Götz von Pölnitz :: The Fuggers . 6th edition. Mohr & Siebeck, Tübingen 1999, ISBN 3-16-147013-3 .
- Franz Herre: The Fuggers in their time . 12th edition. Wißner-Verlag, Augsburg 2005, ISBN 3-89639-490-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Antonius Lux (ed.): Great women of world history. A thousand biographies in words and pictures . Sebastian Lux Verlag , Munich 1963, p. 176. (Keyword: Barbara Fugger; date of death of her husband)
- ↑ Götz Freiherr von Pölnitz : Jakob Fugger. Emperor, Church and Capital in the Upper German Renaissance . Moor. Tübingen. 1949. Double page: Fugger family table
- ↑ Geneanet.org, keyword Jakob Fugger
- ↑ brief biography on schwabenmedia.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fugger, Jakob the Elder |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fugger, Jakob; Rich, des |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Master weaver, councilor and merchant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1398 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1469 |
| Place of death | augsburg |