Jakob Fugger of the Lily (German: Jakob Fugger von der Lilie; 6 March 1459 – 30 December 1525), also known as Jakob Fugger the Rich or sometimes Jakob II, was a major German merchant, mining entrepreneur, and banker.He was a descendant of the Fugger merchant family located in the Mixed Imperial City of Augsburg, where he was born and later also elevated …

Ulrich's youngest brother Jakob Fugger, born in 1459, was to become the most famous member of the dynasty.In 1498 he married Sibylla Artzt, Grand Burgheress to Augsburg, the daughter of an eminent Grand Burgher of Augsburg (German Großbürger zu Augsburg).They had no children, but this marriage gave Jakob the opportunity to elevate to Grand Burgher of Augsburg and …

Jakob Fugger the Elder (1398–1469) Erhard Ratdolt (1442–1528), Printer, famous for having produced the first known printers type specimen book; Jakob Fugger (1459–1525), Noted banker and financial broker. An area within the city, called the …

Excluding monarchs and autocrats, the wealthiest private individuals in the history of capitalism are variously identified as Jakob Fugger, who was of the Early Modern Fugger family of merchants and bankers, prominent figures of India's Delhi Sultanate, Bengal Sultanate and the Mughal Empire and early-20th-century American entrepreneurs Andrew Carnegie and John D. …

The bourgeoisie (/ ˌ b ʊər ʒ w ɑː ˈ z iː / BOORZH-wah-ZEE, French: ()) is a sociologically defined social class, equivalent to the middle or upper middle class.They are distinguished from, and traditionally contrasted with, the proletariat by their affluence, and their great cultural and financial capital.They are sometimes divided into a petty (petite), middle (moyenne), large (grande ...

Geography. Heilbronn is located in the northern corner of the Neckar basin at the bottom of the Wartberg (308 m). It occupies both banks of the Neckar, and the highest spot inside city limits is the Schweinsberg with a height of 372 meters. Heilbronn is adjacent to Swabian-Franconian Forest Nature Park and is surrounded by vineyards.

Knight, Death and the Devil (German: Ritter, Tod und Teufel) is a large 1513 engraving by the German artist Albrecht Dürer, one of the three Meisterstiche (master prints) completed during a period when he almost ceased to work in paint or woodcuts to focus on engravings. The image is infused with complex iconography and symbolism, the precise meaning of which has been …

Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard (German: [ˈluːtvɪç ˈʔeːɐ̯haʁt]; 4 February 1897 – 5 May 1977) was a German politician affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and chancellor of West Germany from 1963 until 1966. He is known for leading the West German postwar economic reforms and economic recovery (Wirtschaftswunder, German for "economic miracle") in his role …

Carlos, rey emperador (transl. 'Charles, Emperor King') is a Spanish historical fiction television series, directed by Oriol Ferrer and produced by Diagonal TV for Televisión Española.The series is a sequel to the successful Isabel and is based upon the reign of Charles I. It was broadcast on La 1 of Televisión Española from 2015 to 2016.

1525 – Jakob Fugger, German banker and businessman (b. 1459) 1572 – Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect, designed the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli (b. 1512) 1573 – Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian author and poet (b. 1504) 1591 – Pope Innocent IX (b. 1519) 1601–1900. 1621 – Job of Manyava, Ukrainian monk and saint (b. 1550)