Johann Jakob Fugger

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Johann Jakob Fugger (Christoph Amberger, 1541)

Johann Jakob Fugger (born December 23, 1516 in Augsburg , † July 14, 1575 in Munich ) (also: Hans Jakob ) was a member of the well-known merchant family of the Fugger . He was the son of Raymund Fugger von der Lilie (1489–1535) and his wife Katharina (1488–1535), daughter of the mining entrepreneur Johann I. Thurzo . His brother Ulrich Fugger (1526–1584) was the papal chamberlain.

Life

Like his father and brother, he was a well-known patron of the arts and sciences. So, probably on Titian's advice, he brought his pupil Antonio Ponzano to Augsburg. There he painted the frescoes of the inner rooms of the Fugger Palace . The outer walls and the inner courtyard had already been decorated with wonderful frescos by Hans Burckmair the Younger (1500–1562) and Albrecht Altdorfer . Another painter, Jacopo Strada , was his agent in Italy. He inherited the business from his uncle Anton Fugger , but he was not fortunate enough and was in great distress due to the bankruptcy of Spain, as the Fuggers had lent Karl V a lot of money. So he left the shop, after which he had to sell everything except his library, and handed it over to his cousin Marcus (1529–1597). This was able to consolidate the company again.

Johann Jakob entered the service of Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria in 1565 and later became his chamber president.

He had an important library, for which he tried to win Hieronymus Wolf as librarian. In 1571 he sold it to Albrecht V of Bavaria, who created the Munich court library and thus the basis for the Bavarian State Library .

monument

Monument to Johann Jakob Fugger in Augsburg

The statue erected by King Ludwig I of Bavaria in Augsburg's old town is dedicated to his memory . The monument stands on a widened kink in Philippine-Welser-Straße in front of the Maximilian Museum . The square was named Fuggerplatz in 2009. Previously it was considered part of the Philippine-Welser-Straße.

Works

Johann Jakob Fugger is also considered to be the author of the "Truthful Description of the Austrian and Habsburg Framework, Origin, Sex, Reproduction", Sigmund von Birken delivered a copy of it in 1668 under the name: "Mirror of the honors of the most commendable Kayser and Royal Ertz House of Austria".

family

Ursula von Harrach

Johann Jakob Fugger was married twice.

In 1540 he married his first wife Ursula von Harrach (1522–1554). The couple had the following children:

  • Siguna Eleonora (1541-1576); ⚭ 1558 Baron Sigmund von Lamberg (1536–1619); the parents of Johann Jakob von Lamberg
  • Sigmund (1542–1600)
  • Karl (1543-1580); ⚭ Anna Starkh
  • Alexander Secundus (1546–1612), Provost of the Cathedral in Freising
  • Viktor August (1547–1586), canon in Passau
  • Justina Benigna (1548–1600), baroness of Altkainach; ⚭ 1573 Friedrich von Holleneck († 1593)
  • Maximilian (1550–1588), Teutonic Order Comptur in Sterzing ; ⚭ 1547 Anna of Egkh
  • Severin (1551–1601), Lord of Schwabmünchen ; ⚭ 1583 Katharina von Helfenstein (1563–1627)
  • Ferdinand (1552-1580)

After the death of his first wife, he married Sidonia von Colaus called Wazler († 1572) in 1560 . The couple had the following children:

Sidonia from Colaus
  • Adalberta (1560-1611); ⚭ 1582 Baron Christoph von Welsperg († 1634)
  • Alexius (1562–1623), Lord of Adelshofen; ⚭ 1593 Maria von Gumppenberg (1570–1613)
  • Joachim (1563–1607), Lord of Taufkirchen and Altenerding; ⚭ 1590 Countess Magdalen von Helfenstein (1562–1622)
  • Aemilia (1564-1611); ⚭ 1582 Baron Alexander von und zu Sprinzenstein († 1597)
  • Albrecht (1565-1624); ⚭ 1600 Katharina von Gumppenberg (1581–1661)
  • Alfons (1567–1569)
  • Constantia (1568-1594); ⚭ 1592 Bernhardin II of Herberstein Imperial Baron zu Neuberg and Gutenhag (1566–1624)
  • Constantine I (1569–1627), lord of Zinnenberg; ⚭ 1597 Anna Maria Münich von Münchhausen
  • Trajan (1571-1609), Lord of Untersulmentingen; ⚭ 1596 Regina von Freyberg
  • Matthias (1572-1603); ⚭ Anna Jakobäa von Köckritz († 1600)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto Hartig: The establishment of the Munich court library by Albrecht V and Johann Jakob Fugger. Munich 1917 (= treatises of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, phil.-hist. Class. 27.3).
  2. ↑ mirror the honor of Erzhauses Austria digitally the Heidelberg University Library
personal data
SURNAME Fugger, Johann Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fugger, Hans Jacob; Fugger of the lily, Hans Jakob Reichsgraf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German merchant, banker and Bavarian Chamber President
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1516
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 1575
Place of death Munich