Georg Gossembrot

[4][5] In 1477, as he gave Archduke Sigismund a loan, Georg Gossembrot was granted the pledge of the Ehrenberg court.

Later – from 1490, when Sigismund's relative, King Maximilian, became the ruler of Tyrol – Gossembrot became the latter's financial advisor.

[7] Despite his Augsburg origins, Gossembrot tended to keep his distance from the Fuggers, who were also influential financiers to Maximilian's government.

[5] There are stories about his exceptional strength: it is said Gossembrot could bend horseshoes with bare hands and stop a horse in full gallop.

[9] Historian Friedrich Hegi writes that the new count hated the Habsburg councillors and other confidants of the king.

[9] After his death, Paul von Liechtenstein, who was closer to the Fuggers, became responsible for court and government finances in Tyrol.