Fugger (30 March 1542, in Babenhausen, Bavaria – 7 February 1598, in Babenhausen, Bavaria) was a German businessman and landowner of the Fugger family. [1 ] He was also Lord of Schloss Babenhausen in Unterallgäu. [2 ]
JakobFugger (6. března 1459, Augsburg – 30. prosince 1525, tamtéž), uváděný rovněž s predikátem z Lilie (německy von der Lilie) či s přízviskem Bohatý, méně často také jako Jakob II.
Původně členové tkalcovského cechu v Augsburgu nabyli bohatství a světového jména teprve obchodem s drahými kovy a především obchodními styky s Habsburky a papežským dvorem.
JakobFugger of the Lily (German: Jakob Fugger von der Lilie; 6 March 1459 – 30 December 1525), also known as Jakob Fugger the Rich or sometimes Jakob II, was a major German merchant, mining entrepreneur, and banker.
The House of Fugger ( German pronunciation: [ˈfʊɡɐ]) is a German family that was historically a prominent group of European bankers, members of the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century mercantile patriciate of Augsburg, international mercantile…
Dürer portrayed Fugger's bust from three-quarters, looking to the left, above a blue background. The man wears a finely embroidered hat on his head, and a wide coat with fur-lining, as a show of his high social status.