Georg Fugger ''von der Lilie'' (1453–1506) was a German merchant of the
Fugger
The House of Fugger () is a German upper bourgeois family that was historically a prominent group of European bankers, members of the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century mercantile patriciate of Augsburg, international mercantile bankers, and vent ...
dynasty.
Life
A son of
Jakob Fugger the Elder
Jakob Fugger (1398 in Augsburg – 1469 in Augsburg) was a German master weaver, town councillor and merchant, as well as the founder of the Fugger dynasty. He was later known as Jakob Fugger the Elder to distinguish him from his son Jakob F ...
and his wife
Barbara Bäsinger
Barbara Fugger (1419 – 23 July 1497) was a German businessperson and banker.
Biography
Barbara Baesinger was born to a wealthy family in Augsburg, Germany. While still a teenager, she was married to textile merchant Jakob Fugger the Elder. S ...
(whose sons also included
Ulrich Ulrich (), is a German given name, derived from Old High German ''Uodalrich'', ''Odalric''. It is composed of the elements '' uodal-'' meaning "(noble) heritage" and ''-rich'' meaning "rich, powerful". Attested from the 8th century as the name of Al ...
and
Jakob the Younger), Georg was born and died in
Augsburg
Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ' ...
; it became clear early in life that he would become a merchant. The "Ulrich Fugger und seine Gesellschaft" (Ulrich Fugger and his company) firm was the first general partnership in Europe and soon changed its name to the "Ulrich Fugger und Gebrüder von Augsburg" (Ulrich Fugger and Brothers of Augsburg) when Georg joined it. Ulrich headed its headquarters in Augsburg, with Georg heading its
Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
branch and Jakob handling international affairs.
The firm was so successful that Georg was able to commission
his portrait from the Venetian painter
Giovanni Bellini
Giovanni Bellini (; c. 1430 – 26 November 1516) was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. He was raised in the household of Jacopo Bellini, formerly thought to have been his father ...
in 1474. In 1494, the firm made over 54,000 Guilders and the three brothers were also co-founders of the
Fuggerei
The Fuggerei is the world's oldest public housing complex still in use. It is a walled enclave within the city of Augsburg, Bavaria. It takes its name from the Fugger family and was founded in 1516 by Jakob Fugger the Younger (known as "Jakob Fug ...
, the oldest social housing project in the world. The House of "Fugger vom Reh" also ran a different Fugger firm at this time, though this was soon to go bankrupt.
Marriage and issue
In 1486, he married
Regina Imhoff, daughter of a patrician of Nuremberg. Their son Markus (Marx) was born in 1488, followed by
Raymund Raymund can be both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name:
* Raymund Fugger (1489–1535), German businessman, Reichsgraf and art collector
* Raymund Hart (1899–1960), senior commander in the Royal Air Force ...
in 1489. These sons made Georg the founder of the "von Kirchberg" and "von
Weißenhorn
Weißenhorn is a town in the district of Neu-Ulm in Bavaria. Weißenhorn is located about 22 km southeast of Ulm.
History
Archaeologic finds prove that the area of Weißenhorn was once a settlement of the Alamanni. Also Roman artifacts an ...
" lines of the Fugger family. Another son,
Anton
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, was born in 1493 – he later became head of Jakob Fugger the Younger's family business and founder of the "von Glött" and "von
Babenhausen" princely lines of the Fugger family. This makes Georg Fugger the founder of all the extant lines of the house of "Fugger von der Lilie".
Family tree
Bibliography
* Franz Herre: ''Die Fugger in ihrer Zeit'', Wißner Verlag, Augsburg 12. Auflage, 2005
* Martin Kluger: ''Die Fugger. Die deutschen Medici in und um Augsburg'', Context Verlag, Augsburg 2009
* Martha Schad: ''Die Frauen des Hauses Fugger. Mit sanfter Macht zu Weltruhm'', Piper Verlag, München 2009
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1453 births
1506 deaths
Georg
Georg may refer to:
* Georg (film), ''Georg'' (film), 1997
*Georg (musical), Estonian musical
* Georg (given name)
* Georg (surname)
* , a Kriegsmarine coastal tanker
See also
* George (disambiguation)
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Medieval German merchants
15th-century German businesspeople
Businesspeople from Augsburg