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(Redirected from Ernst von Bayern) Prince-Elector-Archbishop of Cologne from 1583 to 1612 This article is about the Archbishop of Cologne. For the earlier Bavarian ruler named Ernest, see Ernest, Duke of Bavaria. For other people named Ernest of Bavaria, see Ernest of Bavaria (disambiguation).
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Ernest of Bavaria
Prince-Elector-Archbishop of Cologne
Portrait by Hans Werl, now in the Alte Pinakothek (c. 1601)
ReignApril 1583 – 17 February 1612
PredecessorGebhard Truchsess von Waldburg
SuccessorFerdinand of Bavaria
Born17 December 1554
Munich, Duchy of Bavaria
Died17 February 1612(1612-02-17) (aged 57)
Arnsberg, Archbishopric of Cologne
BurialCologne Cathedral
HouseWittelsbach
FatherAlbert V, Duke of Bavaria
MotherAnna 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.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Ernest of Bavaria
16. Albert III, Duke of Bavaria
8. Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria
17. Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck
4. William IV, Duke of Bavaria
18. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
9. Kunigunde of Austria
19. Eleanor of Portugal
Albert V, Duke of Bavaria
20. Christopher I, Margrave of Baden-Baden
10. Philip I, Margrave of Baden-Sponheim
21. Ottilie von Katzenelnbogen
5. Marie of Baden-Sponheim
22. Philip, Elector Palatine
11. Elisabeth of the Palatinate
23. Margaret of Bavaria
Ernest of Bavaria
24. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
12. Philip I of Castile
25. Mary of Burgundy
6. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
26. Ferdinand II of Aragon
13. Joanna of Castile
27. Isabella I of Castile
Archduchess Anna of Austria
28. Casimir IV Jagiellon
14. Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary
29. Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria
7. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary
30. Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale
15. Anna of Foix-Candale
31. Infanta Catherine of Navarre

References

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  13. ^ Philip I, King of Castile at the Encyclopædia Britannica
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  16. ^ Noubel, P., ed. (1877). Revue de l'Agenais [Review of the Agenais] (in French). Vol. 4. Société des sciences, lettres et arts d'Agen. p. 497.

External links

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Ernest of Bavaria House of WittelsbachBorn: 1554 Died: 1612
German royalty
Regnal titles
Catholic Church titles
Preceded byMoritz von Sandizell Prince-Bishop of Freising
1566–1612 		Succeeded byStephan von Seiboldsdorf
Preceded byBurkhard of Oberg Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim
(as Ernest II)
1573–1612 		Succeeded byFerdinand of Bavaria
Preceded byGerard of Grœsbeek Prince-Bishop of Liège
Prince-Abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy
1581–1612
Preceded byGebhard Truchsess von Waldburg Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and
Duke of Westphalia and Angria
1583–1612
Preceded byJohn William of Jülich-Cleves-Berg Prince-Bishop of Münster
1585–1612
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