Ernest of Bavaria

Prince-Elector-Archbishop of Cologne from 1583 to 1612

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Ernest of Bavaria

Prince-Elector-Archbishop of Cologne

Portrait by Hans Werl, now in the Alte Pinakothek (c. 1601)

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(1612-02-17) (aged 57)
Arnsberg, Archbishopric of Cologne
Burial|

Cologne Cathedral

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. In Freising ,he had already become bishop by the age of 12.

## Life

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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.[1]: 168

## Ancestry

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Ancestors of Ernest of Bavaria

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| 8\. Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria[4]|

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| 17\. Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck[10]

| 4\. William IV, Duke of Bavaria[2]|

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| 18\. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor[11]

| 9\. Kunigunde of Austria[4]|

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| 19\. Eleanor of Portugal[11]

| Albert V, Duke of Bavaria|

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| 20\. Christopher I, Margrave of Baden-Baden[5]

| 10\. Philip I, Margrave of Baden-Sponheim[5]|

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| 21\. Ottilie von Katzenelnbogen[5]

| 5\. Marie of Baden-Sponheim[2]|

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| 22\. Philip, Elector Palatine[12]

| 11\. Elisabeth of the Palatinate[5]|

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| 23\. Margaret of Bavaria[12]

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| 24\. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor[13]

| 12\. Philip I of Castile[6][7]|

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| 25\. Mary of Burgundy[13]

| 6\. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor[3]|

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| 26\. Ferdinand II of Aragon[14]

| 13\. Joanna of Castile[7]|

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| 27\. Isabella I of Castile[14]

| Archduchess Anna of Austria|

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| 28\. Casimir IV Jagiellon[15]

| 14\. Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary[8]|

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| 29\. Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria[15]

| 7\. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary[3]|

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| 30\. Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale[16]

| 15\. Anna of Foix-Candale[8]|

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| 31\. Infanta Catherine of Navarre[16]

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## References

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1. ^ Werewolf histories (First published 2015 ed.). Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. 2015. ISBN 9781137526342.
2. ^ a b Goetz, Walter (1953). "Albrecht V.". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 1\. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 158–160. (full text online).
3. ^ a b Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1860). "Habsburg, Anna von Oesterreich (1528–1587)" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 6\. p. 151 – via Wikisource.
4. ^ a b Riezler, Sigmund Ritter von (1897). "Wilhelm IV.". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 42\. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 705–717.
5. ^ a b c d Brüning, Rainer (2001). "Philipp I.". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 20\. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. p. 372. (full text online).
6. ^ Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor at the Encyclopædia Britannica
7. ^ a b Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor at the Encyclopædia Britannica
8. ^ a b Obermayer-Marnach, Eva (1953). "Anna Jagjello". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 1\. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. p. 299. (full text online).
9. ^ Rall, Hans (1953). "Albrecht IV.". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 1\. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. p. 157. (full text online).
10. ^ Rall, Hans (1953). "Albrect III.". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 1\. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. p. 156. (full text online).
11. ^ a b Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1860). "Habsburg, Friedrich V. der Friedfertige" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 6\. p. 265 – via Wikisource.
12. ^ a b Dotterweich, Helmut (1962). Der junge Maximilian: Jugend und Erziehung des bayerischen Herzogs und späteren Kurfürsten Maximilian I. von 1573 bis 1593 [The Young Maximilian: Youth and Education of the Bavarian Duke and Later Elector Maximilian I from 1573 to 1593]. R. Pflaum. p. 188. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
13. ^ a b Philip I, King of Castile at the Encyclopædia Britannica
14. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Joanna" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
15. ^ a b Casimir IV, King of Poland at the Encyclopædia Britannica
16. ^ a b 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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Media related to Ernest of Bavaria, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne at Wikimedia Commons

* Ernest of Bavaria – the Prince-Bishop of Liege in modern Europe, 400th anniversary
* Tripota – Trier portrait database Archived 4 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine
* Ernest of Bavaria in the Portal of Rhenish History
* "Ernst von Bayern". Germania Sacra people index (in German). Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
* Porträt von Frans Hogenberg von 1604 (Digitized)
* Epitaph of Ernest of Bavaria Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

Ernest of Bavaria

House of Wittelsbach

Born: 1554 Died: 1612

German royalty
Regnal titles
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by

Moritz von Sandizell

|  Prince-Bishop of Freising
1566–1612  | Succeeded by

Stephan von Seiboldsdorf

Preceded by

Burkhard of Oberg

|  Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim
(as Ernest II)
1573–1612  | Succeeded by

Ferdinand of Bavaria

Preceded by

Gerard of Grœsbeek

|  Prince-Bishop of Liège
Prince-Abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy
1581–1612
Preceded by

Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg

|  Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and
Duke of Westphalia and Angria
1583–1612
Preceded by

John William of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

|  Prince-Bishop of Münster
1585–1612

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