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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;panzerman, post: 26762816, member: 77704&quot;]And the Holy Roman Emperor even granted the Family their own Countship to rule.</p><p>Jakob Fugger was more powerfull then HRE Maximilian I, the Emperor had to get the Archbishop of Köln (Cologne) to have a meeting&nbsp; with Herr Fugger. The reason, Friedrich III (Maximilians Dad) arranged a marriage with Maria van Burgundy was $$$$$. She became Duchess of Burgundy after her brother Charles the Bold was killed in the Battle of Nancy vs the Swiss and Duke of Lorraine in 1477. But even marrying a rich Duchess was not enough, since the Family was poor. So Fugger held&nbsp; the &quot;goldgulden&quot; and with that had a lo of power.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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