Fugger
Ja·kob II [yah-kawp], /ˈyɑ kɔp/, "the Rich", 1459–1525, German financier, a member of a German family of bankers and merchants of the 14th to 17th centuries.
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How to use Fugger in a sentence
He did not see how to escape conviction of failure, and so he sought to terrify Fugger by an exhibition of his Satanic wrath.
Tyrol and its People | Clive HollandIn this delay, George Fugger saw the solution which great wealth and determination of character placed within his reach.
Tyrol and its People | Clive HollandMadame de Raysbeck, and Countess Fugger, wife of his chief equerry, were his declared favorites.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I (of 3) | Alexander Wheelock ThayerJacob Fugger, a younger son of Ulrich, raised the family to the zenith of its opulence and magnificence.
German Society at the Close of the Middle Ages | Ernest Belfort BaxParacelsus mentions having visited the Fugger mines at Schwatz in the Tyrol in connection with his alchemistic studies.
German Society at the Close of the Middle Ages | Ernest Belfort Bax
British Dictionary definitions for Fugger
/ (German ˈfʊɡər) /
a German family of merchants and bankers, prominent in 15th- and 16th-century Europe
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