Fugger family

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The Fugger family was a powerful and immensely wealthy German banking and merchant dynasty of the Renaissance that played a major role in European finance and politics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German noble family
Renaissance banking house
banking dynasty
merchant family
activeDuring 15th century
16th century
Renaissance NERFINISHED
associatedWith Augsburg patriciate NERFINISHED
basedIn Augsburg NERFINISHED
built Fuggerei NERFINISHED
Fuggerhäuser in Augsburg NERFINISHED
businessModel family partnership
continent Europe
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire
ethnicGroup Germans
fieldOfActivity banking
finance
long-distance trade
mining
political influence
textile trade
financed Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
Habsburg monarchy NERFINISHED
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
papacy
foundedBy Hans Fugger NERFINISHED
foundingDate 14th century
grantedNobilityBy Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance major role in development of early modern European capitalism
knownFor Catholic charitable foundations
control of mining rights
financing European rulers
immense wealth
influence on European politics
monopoly in copper trade
patronage of the arts
support of the Habsburg dynasty
language German
nobleTitle Imperial counts NERFINISHED
notableMember Anton Fugger NERFINISHED
Hans Fugger NERFINISHED
Jakob Fugger NERFINISHED
Jakob Fugger the Rich NERFINISHED
Raymund Fugger NERFINISHED
Ulrich Fugger the Elder NERFINISHED
Ulrich Fugger the Younger NERFINISHED
originatedIn Augsburg NERFINISHED
patronage Catholic Church NERFINISHED
region Swabia NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
rival Welser family NERFINISHED
socialStatus patrician family

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Augsburg associatedWithFamily Fugger family