Fuenterrabia
or FONTARABIA, a fortified frontier and seaport town of Spain, in Biscay, province of Guipuzcoa, on a small neck of land, on the left bank of the Bidassoa, at its mouth 20 miles W. by S. of Bayonne. The town used to be reckoned one of the keys of the kingdom, but its walls were leveled by the British troops in 1813. Fuenterrabia was taken, in 1521, by Francis I. of France, in 1719, by the Duke of Berwick.
FUGGER (fög'ger), the name of a rich and illustrious family of Suabia, descended from a weaver, who originally lived in the environs of Augsburg, about 1300. They were at first successful in selling clothes, but afterward extended their dealings, and became merchants, accumulating an immense fortune. Reaching the height of their affluence at the commencement of the 16th century, they rendered considerable services to the Emperors Charles V. and Maximilian, by making them large advances. These princes bestowed titles of nobility on the Fugger family, and they soon became connected with the best blood of Germany. Promoted to the highest dignities of the empire, they did not any the more neglect the pursuits of commerce. Their riches were always forthcoming for the improvement of their birthplace, Augsburg. The best known of them are the three brothers, Ulric, James and George; and afterward Raymond and Antony, both sons of George. ULRIC received for his loans to Maximilian the countship of Kirchberg, and the seigniory of Weissenhorn, which afterward remained in the possession of his family. He was a great encourager of learning. ANTONY and RAYMOND bore, to a great extent, the expenses of the expedition of Charles V. against Algeria, obtaining from him the permission to coin money. Several of this family still exist, and Augsburg owes its position on the Continent, as a financial center, to the energy and talent of the Fuggers.
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