Johannes Fugger
Johannes Fugger or Hans (II.) Fugger or Hans Fugger the Younger (* February 18, 1591 in Speyer ; † April 15, 1638 ) was Lord of Kirchheim in Swabia and Schmiechen, baron, later count, merchant, secret council of the city Augsburg and chairman of the older Fugger line in Kirchheim.
Life
Johannes Fugger was the son of Marx (Markus) Fugger (1564–1614) and his wife Anna Maria, Countess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1573–1598). He married Countess Elisabeth Truchseß von Waldburg-Friedberg-Scheer (1589-1630) on October 6, 1613 in Scheer. The marriage resulted in five children: Maria Anna, Freiin Fugger (1615–1615), Franz Meinhard, Freiherr Fugger (1616–1616), Count Johann Eusebius Fugger (1617–1672), Maria Walburga, Countess Fugger, nun in Salburg, Capuchin order (approx. 1620–1672), Anna Maria, Countess Fugger, nun in Brixen (1624–1703).
From baron he rose to count in 1628. During the Thirty Years' War he tried to spare Kirchheim in Swabia from looting by making protective payments. Nevertheless, on January 3, 1633, Kirchheim was given away by the Swedish Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna as spoils of war to the Swedish governor general for Swabia, General Count Georg Friedrich von Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and plundered by the Swedes. The rule of the Fuggers over Kirchheim was interrupted until the Swedes withdrew in 1635. Johannes Fugger is buried in Kirchheim in Swabia.
literature
- Ernst Striebel and Helmut Striebel : History of the Kirchheim market and its districts , Pröll Druck und Verlag GmbH Augsburg 1990
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fugger, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fugger, Hans; Fugger, Hans the Younger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Herr von Kirchheim, merchant, Privy Councilor of Augsburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1591 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Speyer |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1638 |