Exhibit 404

Albert of Brandenburg's debt bond to Jakob Fugger for the Mainz confirmation fees

Exhibit 404 · Debt bond

Albert of Brandenburg's debt bond to Jakob Fugger for the Mainz confirmation fees

auf Jacobi apostoli schirstkunfftig vnnd den anderen vbrigen teyl auf Michahelis nechstuolgend nach data dits briues

Debt bond of Albert of Brandenburg to Jakob Fugger, 15 May 1514, as printed by Schulte (Die Fugger in Rom, 1904, Urkunden Nr. 54, p. 94). It covers about 21,000 ducats de camera at 100 ducats = 140 gulden, plus 500 gulden for exchange; Schulte reports it was for the fees for confirming the Mainz election. The text sets one instalment at Jacobi apostoli (25 July) and the other at Michahelis (Michaelmas, 29 September) 1514. Schulte's narrative (pp. 104-105) gives the total as 29,000 Rhenish gulden, a rounded figure (21,000 x 1.4 = 29,400 before the 500), and glosses the second date as 29 October.

Source: Albert of Brandenburg; Fugger bank
Date: 15 May 1514
Quoted from: Schulte, Die Fugger in Rom, Urkunden Nr. 54, p. 94 (page image checked)
Grade: Reported
Document: https://archive.org/details/diefuggerinrom1400schuuoft
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit
Note: Printed text of the bond in Schulte's Urkunden.

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Finding REL-1.3: Reported A debt bond of 15 May 1514, printed by Schulte, records that Albert of Brandenburg owed Jakob Fugger about 21,000 ducats de camera, at 100 ducats to 140 gulden, plus 500 gulden for exchange, which Schulte reports was for the fees for confirming Albert's election as archbishop of Mainz. The bond sets the first instalment at St. James's day (25 July) and the second at Michaelmas (29 September) 1514. Schulte gives the total as 29,000 Rhenish gulden and glosses the second date as 29 October.