Fugger, Markus

Markus Fugger is a descendant of Lukas Fugger vom Reh, who was appointed ‘titular’ king of Atlantis in 1499, by Maximilian I (1459-1519) of the Holy Roman Empire. According to the certificate of appointment, the Azores were identified as the remnants of Atlantis. This could have been considered a provocative act by the Portuguese, who controlled the Azores, as their principal rivals, the Spanish, had allied themselves through marriage with Maximilian the previous year. Leaving politics aside, this event indicates that Maximilian accepted the reality of Atlantis and placed it in the Atlantic.

This very early reference to Atlantis is covered in greater detail on the excellent Atlantisforschung website^(a), which got the information from Markus Fugger von dem Rech, a descendant of Lukas.

In 2013 Atlantisforschung published a paper by Markus Fugger, defending the Azores as Atlantis and concluding with “It can be said that the probability that Atlantis , as a large landmass, was located in the Atlantic Ocean at the site of today’s Azores plateau, and that Plato’s account is therefore essentially true, is greater than the probability that it is otherwise, based on the above evidence, explanations, interpretations and statements.”^(b)

^(a)  https://atlantisforschung.de/index.php?title=Die_Fugger_vom_Reh_als_Titulark%C3%B6nige_von_Atlantis

^(b)  Eine These zur Lokalisierung von Atlantis im Atlantik – Atlantisforschung.de (atlantisforschung-de.translate.goog)