Fuggers are a Swabian merchant family.
Jakob Fugger “von der Lilie” (also known as “der Reiche”, Imperial Count from 1514) was the most important merchant, mining entrepreneur and banker in Europe between around 1495 and 1525. The name Fugger became synonymous with wealth throughout Europe.
The three Fugger families are still resident in Swabia today: the Princes Fugger von Glött at Kirchheim Castle, the Counts Fugger-Kirchberg at Oberkirchberg Castle near Ulm and the Princes Fugger-Babenhausen.
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