Ulrich Fugger ''von der Lilie'' (1441–1510) was a German businessman 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 ...

family. He formally headed the family firm from his father's death in 1469 until his own death in 1510 after an operation to remove a

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, though his business skills never matched those of his younger brother

Jakob Fugger Jakob Fugger ''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. He was a descendan ...

Family

Fugger 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 ' ...

. The eldest 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 ...

, he was a brother and business partner to his brothers

and

Georg Fugger Georg Fugger ''von der Lilie'' (1453–1506) was a German merchant of the Fugger dynasty. Life A son of Jakob Fugger the Elder and his wife Barbara Bäsinger (whose sons also included Ulrich and Jakob the Younger), Georg was born and died i ...

. His other brothers included Georg Andreas (not to be confused with

Andreas Fugger Andreas Fugger (1394, Augsburg – 1457, Augsburg), known as "der Reiche", was a German businessman. He was the oldest son of Hans Fugger and Elisabeth Gfattermann, making him the elder brother of Jakob Fugger the Elder. He was the founder of th ...

''vom Reh''), Johann (known as Hans, not to be confused with Ulrich's great-nephew

Hans Fugger Hans Fugger ''von der Lilie'', full name ''Hans, Freiherr Fugger, Herr zu Kirchheim, Glött, Mickhausen, Stettenfels und Schmiechen'', (4 September 1531 – 19 April 1598; buried in Kirchheim in Schwaben) was a German arts patron, businessman and ...

) and Peter. In 1479 he married Veronika Lauginger, with whom he had: *Anna (born 1484) *Ursula (born 1485) * Ulrich II (born 1490) *Sybille (born 1493) *Hieronymus (born 1499)

Family tree

Bibliography

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek The Bavarian State Library (german: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, abbreviated BSB, called ''Bibliotheca Regia Monacensis'' before 1919) in Munich is the central " Landesbibliothek", i. e. the state library of the Free State of Bavaria, the bigg ...

München: ''Die Fugger im Bild. Selbstdarstellung einer Familiendynastie in der Renaissance'', Ausstellungskatalog, Quaternio Verlag, Luzern 2010 * Johannes Burkhardt: ''Das Ehrenbuch der Fugger'', Faksimile, Transkription und Kommentar, 2 Bände, Wißner Verlag, Augsburg 2004 * Martin Kluger: ''Die Fugger. Die deutschen Medici in und um Augsburg'', Context Verlag, Augsburg 2009

External links

Ulrich Fugger bei H Wember
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