Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg
(1547-1601)
Elector-Archbishop of Cologne from 1577 to 1588
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Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg (10 November 1547 – 31 May 1601) was Archbishop-Elector of Cologne. After pursuing an ecclesiastical career, he won a close election in the Cathedral chapter of Cologne over Ernst of Bavaria. After his election, he fell in love with and later married Agnes von Mansfeld-Eisleben, a Protestant Canoness at the Abbey of Gerresheim. His conversion to Calvinism and announcement of religious parity in the Electorate triggered the Cologne War.
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10 November 1547 Heiligenberg, Germany
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| Died |
21 May 1601 (aged 53) Strasbourg, France
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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Agnes von Mansfeld-Eisleben · 1551-1637 · Countess of Mansfeld and husband of Gebhard von Waldburg view couple »
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