Fugger Family Research Paper

The Fugger family are a German family who huge international mercantile bankers in the fifteen and sixteenth century. The head of the family was Johannes Fugger. He had two sons where were Jakob and Andreas. The Family were so huge that they controlled a part of the European economy. The Fugger family replaced the Medici’s who controlled all of Europe during the Renaissance. The Fuggers became even wealthier when they took over the Medici’s by acquiring all of their assets. Jakob became very wealthy and had a lot of business connections with the Habsburg dynasty. After Jakobs death his eldest son Ulrich took over the family business. There they provided Maximilian I suits for wedding and they built a strong bond. Fuggers became the bankers