Ernest of Bavaria (Redirected from Ernst of Bavaria)
Ernest of Bavaria | |
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Prince-Elector-Archbishop of Cologne | |
Reign | April 1583 – 17 February 1612 |
Predecessor | Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg |
Successor | Ferdinand of Bavaria |
Born | 17 December 1554 Munich, Duchy of Bavaria |
Died | 17 February 1612 Arnsberg, Archbishopric of Cologne | (aged 57)
Burial | |
House | Wittelsbach |
Father | Albert V, Duke of Bavaria |
Mother | Anna von Habsburg |
Wittelsbach-Hapsburg aristocrat Ernest of Bavaria (German: Ernst von Bayern) (17 December 1554 – 17 February 1612) was Prince-Elector-Archbishop of the Archbishopric of Cologne and, as such, Archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Westphalia, from 1583 to 1612 as successor of the expelled Archbishop Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg.
He was also simultaneously Prince-Bishop of Münster, Hildesheim, Freising, and Liège, Count of Loon, and Prince-Abbot of Savelot.
Life
Ernest was born in Munich, the son of Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, and Anna of Austria. Duke Albert had destined his third son, Ernest, for the clerical vocation. He was educated and trained by the Jesuits at Ingolstadt.: 168
Ancestry
- 1554 births
- 1612 deaths
- Nobility from Munich
- House of Wittelsbach
- Archbishop-Electors of Cologne
- Dukes of Westphalia
- 16th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Holy Roman Empire
- 17th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Holy Roman Empire
- Burials at Cologne Cathedral
- Prince-Bishops of Liège
- Prince-Bishops of Münster
- Roman Catholic Prince-Bishops of Freising
- Prince-Bishops of Hildesheim
- German people of the Eighty Years' War
- Abbots of Stavelot
- Sons of monarchs