János Thurzó

John I, T (h ) urzo of Bethlemhalva (Hungarian: János Thurzó, Slovak: Ján T (h ) urzo; * April 30, 1437 in Leutschau, † October 10, 1508 in Mrs. Bach ) was a patrician, businessman and mining entrepreneur.

Life

Johann Thurzos, whose father George ( † 1460 ) was called since 1430 Lord of Bethlenfalva ( Bethel village), came from a noble family, Thurzos and grew up in the Zips. After completing his studies in Padua, he invested successfully in the Lower Hungarian ore mining operation and trade in gold and silver.

In 1463 he settled in Krakow, where he was alderman in 1477. In 1469 he erected in Mogiła a smelter and founded in 1475 a miners' union, were among the numerous mines in today's Central Slovakia, Moravia and Silesia. On September 14, 1478 he bought a well in the Rammelsberg silver mine near Goslar. 1495, he signed a contract with Jakob Fugger a joint operation of a copper mine in Banska Bystrica in Hungary. When his main works he led the mining to a heyday.

In addition to the Augsburg Fugger trading house, stood with his Thurzos in intensive and collaborative commerce, and in family relationships, he was one of the most powerful entrepreneurs in Europe.

Family

Johann Thurzos is the father of Wroclaw Archbishop John V. Thurzos, the Cracow Mayor George III. Thurzos, who was married to Anna Fugger, and the Olomouc Bishop Stanislaus I. Thurzos derived from his first marriage to Ursula Boehm († 1483 ).

From his second marriage to Barbara Beck further five children, including Catherine (1488-1535), with the businessman Raymund Fugger (1489-1535) was married and was the mother of Johann Jakob Fugger (1516-1575) submitted ..