Markus Fugger
Baron Markus Fugger (Marx Fugger) von der Lilie (* February 14, 1529 ; † June 18, 1597 ) was the eldest son of Baron Anton Fugger and Anna Fugger, nee. Rehlinger . In 1557 he married Countess Sibylla von Eberstein (1531–1589). The marriage connected the Fugger family with a number of high nobility families in southwest Germany: the Margraves of Baden-Sponheim, the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg and the Counts of Eberstein .
They had 13 children, 8 girls and 5 boys. However, the family branch he founded died out in the male line in 1671.
Markus Fugger achieved a number of high offices and dignities: treasurer of Archduke Ernst of Austria , councilor at the Imperial Court of Justice in Speyer, Bavarian councilor, carer in Landshut, city caretaker in Augsburg . After his father's death in 1560, Markus Fugger and his brothers Hans and Jakob jointly administered the father's estate. After the distribution of property in 1575, he received part of his father's lordship complex with a focus on Nordendorf. He and other family members lived in part of the Fugger houses in Augsburg.
Horse lovers know Markus Fugger to this day as the author of one of the first modern handbooks on horse breeding . Von der Gestüterey was published in Frankfurt in 1578 and again in 1584. A translation from Old German , supplemented by a second part by Johann Gottlieb Wolfstein , was published in Vienna in 1802 under the title Von der Zucht der Kriegs- und Bürgerpferde .
Likewise, after the death of his father, Fugger, the eldest son, successfully ran the newly founded company Marx Fugger und Gebrüder for more than 30 years . He was interested in church history, emerged as a patron and collected books and antiques. He brought Nikolaus Juvenel to Augsburg as a portrait painter. He held lavish parties with fireworks that lasted for hours.
In 1595 he suffered a stroke from which he did not recover. The business passed to his brother Hans . Markus died in 1597.
literature
- Wolfgang Zorn: Fugger, Markus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 721 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Klaus Lötzsch: Historical relations of the county Hanau-Lichtenberg to Swabia in the 16th century. Dynastic connection to the Fugger family - Count Philipp IV at the Reichstag in Augsburg in 1566. In: Babenhäuser Mosaik = Babenhausen once and now 20. Babenhausen 1990. pp. 7-19.
- Mark Häberlein: The Fuggers. History of an Augsburg family (1367–1650). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-17-018472-5
- Franz Herre : The Fuggers in their time , Wißner Verlag, Augsburg, 12th edition, 2005 ISBN 3-89639-490-8
- Martin Kluger : The Fugger. The German Medici in and around Augsburg , Context Verlag, Augsburg 2009 ISBN 978-3-939645-13-9
Web links
- Literature by and about Markus Fugger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Markus Fugger in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Reprint: Georg Olms, Augsburg 1999 ( at Google Books )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fugger, Markus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fugger, Marx |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German merchant and banker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1529 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 1597 |