Historic house
House of Fugger
Augsburg · Germany · founded 1367
The Augsburg merchant bank that financed Habsburg emperors and controlled European copper and silver.
Family fortune
Not published
No desk publishes a consolidated family-level figure for this house.
Generations
6
Documented members
3
Industries
Banking, Mining
Founders, principals and heirs
Hans Fugger
Founder · generation 1 · 1348–1409
Weaver who established the family trade.
Jakob Fugger
Principal · generation 3 · 1459–1525
Financed the election of Charles V.
Anton Fugger
Heir · generation 4 · 1493–1560
Extended the bank to its largest reach.
Legacy
Jakob Fugger is frequently assessed as the wealthiest individual of the early modern era relative to output.
Evidentiary standard
Family fortunes are only recorded where a named wealth desk publishes a standing family-level estimate; the source and valuation date are shown with the figure. Houses whose assets are held through charitable trusts, foundations, or sovereign vehicles carry no figure, because no verifiable personal total exists. Lineage entries are limited to publicly documented family members.