János Thurzó

Who was János Thurzó?

János Thurzó was a Hungarian entrepreneur and mining engineer. From 1477 until his death he was an Alderman of Kraków and became even its mayor for a while.

By establishing "The Common Hungarian Trade", he developed a very profitable business relationship with Jakob Fugger, which held a de facto monopoly over copper mining and trade in the Holy Roman Empire around 1500.

Thurzo first married Ursula Boehm and the couple had three sons: György Thurzó who married Anna Fugger, later György Thurzó became the major of Kraków; another son of János, became the archbishop of Breslau; and their third son became the bishop of Olomouc.

His second marriage was Barbara Beck: their daughter Katharina married Johann Jakob Fugger.