Octavianus Secundus Fugger

Octavianus Secundus Fugger von Kirchberg and Weissenhorn (born January 17, 1549 , † August 31, 1600 in Augsburg ) was a German merchant from the Fugger von der Lilie family .

Life

Octavianus Secundus Fugger was a son of Georg Graf Fugger on Weißenhorn and Kirchberg (1518–1569) and his wife Ursula von Lichtenstein zu Carneid († 1573). He and his brother Philipp Eduard were tutored by Petrus Canisius , after which the brothers came to the Collegium Germanicum in Rome . In 1579 they donated the Augsburg Jesuit College St. Salvator from Christoph Fugger's estate . In 1580 they were released from the joint Fugger trade and six years later joined Matthäus, Paul and Markus Welser in a trading company that was supposed to bring pepper from the East Indies to Lisbon every year on five ships and sell it to the Spanish king . To this end, five factories were set up for purchases on the Indian Malabar coast. In the Hanseatic-Dutch-English area, factories were set up for sales. The sea war between Spain-Portugal and England put trade in constant danger. In 1591/92 none of the departed ships came back to Lisbon, so that the pepper contract with Philip II ended soon afterwards with great loss.

As a young man, Fugger collected lute pieces in Italian tablature and published a lute book in 1562, which includes pieces such as Canzon Neapolitana , O bella and Aria per Cantare .

Around 1585 Octavianus brought the composer Hans Leo Haßler to Augsburg as chamber organist and director of Fugger's house and church music. From 1594–1600 he was the town clerk (Lord Mayor) of Augsburg .

Octavianus Secundus Fugger was married to Maria Jacobäa (1562–1588), a daughter of Hans Fugger (1531–1598), since 1579 . The couple had three sons and two daughters.

He was buried in the Benedictine Chapel of St. Ulrich in Augsburg.

Family pictures

Father Georg Fugger
Mother Ursula von Lichtenstein
Brother Philipp Eduard
Wife Maria Jacobäa
Augsburg Council Medal, 1600. Named Octavianus Secundus Fugger, coat of arms top left

literature

Wolfgang Zorn : Fugger, Octavianus Secundus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 722 ( digitized version ).
Mark Häberlein: The Fugger: History of an Augsburg family (1367-1650) . Stuttgart 2006, p. 111ff. ISBN 978-3-17-018472-5

Individual evidence

^ Carsten Timpe: The new Augsburger Lautenbuch. 42 pieces for renaissance lute by Melchior & Conrad Neusidler and Georg & Octavianus Secundus Fugger.
↑ Hubert Zanoskar (ed.): Guitar playing of old masters. Original music from the 16th and 17th centuries. Volume 1. B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1955 (= Edition Schott. Volume 4620), pp. 9-10 and 24.

personal data
SURNAME	Fugger, Octavianus Secundus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fugger von Kirchberg and Weissenhorn, Octavianus Secundus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German merchant from the Fugger von der Lilie family branch
DATE OF BIRTH	January 17, 1549
DATE OF DEATH	August 31, 1600
Place of death	augsburg

[1] Carsten Timpe: The new Augsburger Lautenbuch. 42 pieces for renaissance lute by Melchior & Conrad Neusidler and Georg & Octavianus Secundus Fugger.

[2] Hubert Zanoskar (ed.): Guitar playing of old masters. Original music from the 16th and 17th centuries. Volume 1. B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1955 (= Edition Schott. Volume 4620), pp. 9-10 and 24.