A biography of this family entitled The Secret Book of Honors was written by a secretary who kept records for the Council of Thirteen.
A biography of this family entitled The Secret Book of Honors was written by a secretary who kept records for the Council of Thirteen. This family's influence grew when it acquired the Maestrazgos [MY-strah-goes], the right to control the religious orders of Santiago, Calatrava, and AlcÃ¡ntara. The best-known member of this line employed the architect Thomas Krebs to build a settlement of 106 houses at Hood Point, which each cost one florin per year to live in, sometimes cited as history's first residential housing project. Pope Leo X issued a bull granting the church of St. Moritz to this family, which was divided into branches "of the lily" and "of the deer" based on its two coats of arms. This rival of the Welser family claimed to have bought the election of Emperor Charles V in 1519, and its founder started as a weaver in Augsburg. For 10 points, name this family of German bankers that included Jakob the Rich.
A biography of this family entitled The Secret Book of Honors was written by a secretary who kept records for the Council of Thirteen.
Fugger family