Ulrich Fugger the Elder

Ulrich Fugger the Elder – a coloured copper-plate from Fuggerorum et Fuggerarum imagines, 1618.

Ulrich Fugger von der Lilie, (1441 in Augsburg – 1510 in Augsburg) was a German businessman of the Fugger family. He formally headed the family firm from his father's death in 1469 until his own death in 1510 after an operation to remove a bladder stone, though his business skills never matched those of his younger brother Jakob Fugger.

Family

The eldest son of Jakob Fugger the Elder and his wife Barbara Bäsinger, he was a brother and business partner to his brothers Jakob Fugger and Georg Fugger. His other brothers included Georg Andreas (not to be confused with Andreas Fugger vom Reh), Johann (known as Hans, not to be confused with Ulrich's great-nephew Hans Fugger) and Peter.

In 1479 he married Veronika Lauginger, with whom he had:

Anna (born 1484)
Ursula (born 1485)
Ulrich II (born 1490)
Sybille (born 1493)
Hieronymus (born 1499)

Family tree

Fugger family tree

Founder

Hans
Advenit 1367
†1408

2nd generation

Andreas
vom Reh
(1394–1457)

Jakob d.Ä.
von der Lilie
(1398–1469)

3rd generation

Lukas
(1439–1499)

Hans
(* 1443)

Ulrich d.Ä.
(1441–1510)

Georg
(1453–1506)

Jakob d.R.
(1459–1525)

4th generation

Gastel
(1475–1539)

Ulrich d.J.
(1490–1525)

Raymund
(1489–1535)

Anton
(1493–1560)

5th generation

Wolfgang
(1519/20–1568)

Hans Jakob
(1516–1575)

Georg
(1518–1569)

Ulrich
(1526–1584)

Markus
(1529–1597)

Hans
(1531–1598)

Jakob
(1542–1598)

6th generation

Johann Christoph
(† 1612)

Sigmund
(† 1600)

Philipp Eduard
(1546–1618)

Octavian Secundus
(1549–1600)

Christoph
(1566–1615)

7th generation

Hans Ernst
(1590–1639)

Otto Heinrich
(1592–1644)

8th generation

Christoph Rudolph
(1615–1673)

Paul
(1637–1701)

Later generations

Henryk Maria Fukier
(1886-1959)

Carl Ernst
(1859–1940)

Anselm Maria
(1766–1821)

Still existing branches
of the Fugger family

Fugger von Kirchberg und zu Weißenhorn

Fugger von Glött

Fugger-Babenhausen

Notes

Bibliography

(German) Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München: Die Fugger im Bild. Selbstdarstellung einer Familiendynastie in der Renaissance, Ausstellungskatalog, Quaternio Verlag, Luzern 2010 ISBN 978-3-88008-003-4
(German) Johannes Burkhardt: Das Ehrenbuch der Fugger, Faksimile, Transkription und Kommentar, 2 Bände, Wißner Verlag, Augsburg 2004 ISBN 978-3-89639-445-3
(German) Martin Kluger: Die Fugger. Die deutschen Medici in und um Augsburg, Context Verlag, Augsburg 2009 ISBN 978-3-939645-13-9

External links

Ulrich Fugger bei H Wember