446538 Emperor Charles V visiting the Fuggers, 1882 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The immense wealth of the Fugger family as bankers and merchants had a decisive influence in the support of the Habsburg dynasty and consequently on European politics in the early Renaissance period. Jakob Fugger (1459-1525)made considerable contributions to secure the election in 1519 of the Spanish king Charles V (1500-58) to become Holy Roman Emperor. Jakob Fugger also funded the marriages which later resulted in the Houseof Habsburg gaining the kingdoms of Bohemia and Hungary; illustration from \'A Pictorial History of the World\'s Great Nations, from the earliest dates to the present time\' by Charlotte Mary Yonge, published in New York in 1882; ); Prismatic Pictures ; English, out of copyright.