Markus Fugger
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Markus Fugger von der Lilie (14 February 1529 - 18 June 1597) was a German politician and businessman of the Fugger
family. He was the eldest son of Anton Fugger
. He achieved several high offices - chamberlain to Archduke Ernest of Austria
, Kammerpräsident, member of the kurbayrische (Bavaria
n) council, Pfleger (reeve
) in the Landshut, and city-pfleger in Augsburg
.
and Jakob jointly managed their father's business. When they split up the business in 1575, Markus took its northern division. With other family members, he took over part of the Fuggerhäuser
in Augsburg. Similarly, on his father's death, as eldest son Markus led the newly-founded Marx Fugger and Brothers Firm (Firma Marx Fugger und Gebrüder) for 30 years. He was interested in church history, acted as a patron to artists and collected books and antiquities, taking on Nikolaus Juvenel as a portrait painter in Augsburg. He organised sumptuous parties with hour-long firework displays. In 1595 he suffered a stroke, from which he never recovered, and so the business passed to his brother Hans.
(countess) Sibylla von Eberstein (1531–1589), allying the Fugger family with a number of noble families in south-west Germany - the Margraves of Baden-Sponheim, the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg and the Counts of Eberstein. The marriage produced 13 children (8 girls and 5 boys), though the male-line descent from Markus died out in 1671.
Fugger
The Fugger family was a historically prominent group of European bankers, members of the fifteenth and sixteenth-century mercantile patriciate of Augsburg, international mercantile bankers, and venture capitalists like the Welser and the Höchstetter families. This banking family replaced the de'...
family. He was the eldest son of Anton Fugger
Anton Fugger
Anton Fugger was a German merchant and member of the Fugger family. He was a nephew of Jacob Fugger.-Biography:...
. He achieved several high offices - chamberlain to Archduke Ernest of Austria
Archduke Ernest of Austria
Archduke Ernest of Austria was an Austrian nobleman, the son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria of Spain....
, Kammerpräsident, member of the kurbayrische (Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
n) council, Pfleger (reeve
Vogt
A Vogt ; plural Vögte; Dutch voogd; Danish foged; ; ultimately from Latin [ad]vocatus) in the Holy Roman Empire was the German title of a reeve or advocate, an overlord exerting guardianship or military protection as well as secular justice...
) in the Landshut, and city-pfleger in Augsburg
Augsburg
Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...
.
Life
On his father's death in 1560, he and his brothers HansHans Fugger
Hans Fugger von der Lilie, full name Hans, Freiherr Fugger, Herr zu Kirchheim, Glött, Mickhausen, Stettenfels und Schmiechen, was a German arts patron, businessman and politician of the Fugger family.-Life:He was the second son of Anton Fugger and Anna Rehlinger...
and Jakob jointly managed their father's business. When they split up the business in 1575, Markus took its northern division. With other family members, he took over part of the Fuggerhäuser
Fuggerhäuser
The Fuggerhäuser is a complex of houses on the Maximilianstraße in Augsburg, built for the Fugger family of businessmen. It is now the home of the Fugger-Babenhausen branch of the Fugger family.- Buildings :...
in Augsburg. Similarly, on his father's death, as eldest son Markus led the newly-founded Marx Fugger and Brothers Firm (Firma Marx Fugger und Gebrüder) for 30 years. He was interested in church history, acted as a patron to artists and collected books and antiquities, taking on Nikolaus Juvenel as a portrait painter in Augsburg. He organised sumptuous parties with hour-long firework displays. In 1595 he suffered a stroke, from which he never recovered, and so the business passed to his brother Hans.
Marriage and issue
In 1557 he married GräfinGraf
Graf is a historical German noble title equal in rank to a count or a British earl...
(countess) Sibylla von Eberstein (1531–1589), allying the Fugger family with a number of noble families in south-west Germany - the Margraves of Baden-Sponheim, the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg and the Counts of Eberstein. The marriage produced 13 children (8 girls and 5 boys), though the male-line descent from Markus died out in 1671.