Jakob Fugger
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Jakob Fugger of the Lily, also known as Jakob Fugger the Rich or Jakob II, was a major German merchant, mining entrepreneur, and banker. He was a descendant of the Fugger merchant family located in th
Portrait of Jakob Fugger by Albrecht Dürer, 1518 (Staatsgalerie Altdeutsche Meister), Augsburg
Jakob Fugger, in Bundeswehr Military History Museum, Dresden
Coat of arms of the Fugger of the lily family, granted in 1473
Rich silver ore (argentite) from Banská Štiavnica mines
Jakob Fugger the Elder
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Jakob Fugger 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
Jakob Fugger
…the Walhalla, a "hall of fame" near Regensburg that honors laudable and distinguished Germans. Jakob Fugger was born the tenth of eleven children to Jakob Fugger the Elder (1398–1469) and his wife Barbara Bäsinger (1419–1497), daughter of Münzmeister Franz Bäsinger. The Fugger family had already established themselves as…
Jakob Fugger the Elder