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The Fugger family was a historically prominent group of Europe bank, members of the fifteenth and sixteenth-century mercantile patriciate of Augsburg, international mercantile bankers, and venture capitalists like the Welser and the Höchstetter families. The first reference to the Fugger family in the Swabia Free City of Augsburg is the arrival of Hans Fugger recorded in the tax register of 1357. He married Klara Widolf and became an Augsburg citizen. After Klara's death, he married Elizabeth... full article at wikipedia
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by mwcl_images Mar 14, 2008

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