Looks like he got hanged in the end, as he did not leave much behind him.
I’m a bit confused why nobody seems to entertain the possibility that he was simply a(n early) member of the Fugger family.
In fact, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugger_family:
The founder of the family was Hans Fugger, a weaver at Graben, near the Swabian Free City of Augsburg.[2] The last name was originally spelled “Fucker” – the first recorded reference to the family comes when Johann’s son, also named Johann (or Hans), moved to Augsburg in 1367, with the local tax register laconically noting Fucker advenit, “Fugger has arrived”.
A German origin would make the Norman-French particle “Le” even more mysterious than it already is.
Idk, he may have introduced himself as “Johannes der Fucker/Fugger” and his contemporaries simply translated it.
Translated it into… French. Hmm.
Yes? Is that very unlikely?
As I understand it, most French-looking names in English originate either from the Norman invasion (typically aristocrats) or the Huguenot immigration of the 17th century. It’s possible that a random German immigrant would Frenchify their name to sound posher but doesn’t seem like the most obvious explanation.
Gosh, no, I don’t expect my random uneducated thoughts to be the correct answer at all :) I’m just wondering why this isn’t even treated as a vague possibility. Especially when the name change from Fucker to Fugger is documented.
I’m going to use that when company i don’t like shows up.
Fucker advenit.
