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Karl, 5th Prince Fugger Von Babenhausen
Karl Georg Ferdinand Jakob Maria, 5th Prince Fugger of Babenhausen (15 January 1861 – 5 July 1925) was an Austrian landowner and officer. After serving in various Hussar regiments, he commanded the 3rd Hussar Regiment as Colonel during World War I. A member of the high nobility in the Kingdom of Bavaria as a Mediatized prince, Mediatized Sovereign Prince of the Empire, he was made chamberlain (office), chamberlain at the Viennese imperial court and from 1906 until his death, was the head of the House of Fugger, House of Fugger-Babenhausen, Lord of Boos, Bavaria, Boos, Heimertingen, Wald (Allgäu), Wald, Wellenburg, Burgwalden, and Markt. Early life Fugger von Babenhausen, who was known as "Cary", was born on 15 January 1861 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Klagenfurt. He was the son of Countess Friederike von Christalnigg von und zu Gillitzstein (1832–1888) and Karl, 4th Prince Fugger von Babenhausen, Karl Ludwig, 4th Prince Fugger von Babenhausen (1829–1906), First President o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fugger Babenhausen - Tyroff HA
The House of Fugger () is a German upper bourgeoisie, bourgeois family that was historically a prominent group of European bankers, members of the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century mercantile patrician (post-Roman Europe), patriciate of Augsburg, international mercantile bankers, and venture capitalists. Alongside the Welser, Welser family, the Fugger family controlled much of the European economy in the sixteenth century and accumulated enormous wealth. The Fuggers held a near monopoly on the European copper market. This banking family replaced the House of Medici, Medici family, who influenced all of Europe during the Renaissance. The Fuggers took over many of the Medicis' assets and their political power and influence. They were closely affiliated with the House of Habsburg whose rise to world power they financed. Unlike the citizenry of their hometown and most other trading patricians of German free imperial city, free imperial cities, such as the Tucher von Simmelsdorf, Tuche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
