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Fugger family

Every case in the archive that involves the Fugger family, best-known first.

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Under each headline: who in the family is in the case. Each card opens the full cited case.

Cases
2
Years
1525 to 1525
Countries
Germany
Subjects
European families, Lasting legacies
Updated
30 October 2026
Jakob Fugger: Portrait of Jakob Fugger, (1459-1525)1525 · AugsburgJakob Fugger paid for Charles V's election, and his heirs lost much of the fortune when the Spanish crown stopped payingJakob Fugger paid about 550,000 guilders toward Charles V's election; his nephews Raymund and Anton inherited the firm, later hit by Spanish state bankruptcies.Jakob Fugger of Augsburg built a fortune in mining, trade and lending. In 1519 Charles of Habsburg needed money to buy the votes of the prince-electors. About 850,000 guilders went to the electors.Encyclopaedia Britannica and 7 moreGasse in der Fuggerei, Augsburg: Narrow street in the Fuggerei, Augsburg.1525 · Augsburg, Bavaria, GermanyJakob Fugger fixed the Fuggerei's rent at one guilder a year in 1521, and the rent has not changed in 505 yearsJakob Fugger founded the Fuggerei in 1521 at a rent of one guilder a year; the Fugger family foundations still run it.Jakob Fugger "the Rich" (1459-1525) began building in 1516. On 23 August 1521 he signed the deed founding the Fuggerei, to exist "in perpetuity." By 1521 there were 52 buildings.blogs.loc.gov and 2 more

Fugger loans to a king who refused his father's inheritance

One fortune, step by step. Every fortune followed through time

1367Fugger family in Augsburg
1516Fuggerei housing founded; rent still about €0.88 a year
28 Jun 1519Charles V elected with 850,000 florins in loans, 543,000 from the Fugger
1700Charles II of Spain dies; his will names the Bourbon Philip of Anjou
1701–1714War of the Spanish Succession
1713Pragmatic Sanction lets a daughter inherit Austria
1740–1748Maria Theresa inherits; War of the Austrian Succession
1919Austria exiles the Habsburgs and seizes their property
15 Mar 2020Felipe VI renounces his father's inheritance after reports on a foundation abroad
2026Karl von Habsburg heads the family; Fürst Fugger Privatbank still trades