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Ernest of Bavaria

1554 - 1612

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest of Bavaria is the 8,116th most popular politician (down from 7,718th in 2019), the 2,225th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,136th in 2019) and the 664th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ernest of Bavaria ranks 8,116 out of 19,576. Before him are Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada, Karl Nehammer, Abaris the Hyperborean, Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis, and Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid. After him are Charles II, Duke of Bourbon, Polydorus of Sparta, Demetrius III Eucaerus, Nguyễn Khánh, James Baker, and Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1554, Ernest of Bavaria ranks 11. Before him are Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia, Charles, Duke of Mayenne, Marietta Robusti, Philip William, Prince of Orange, Bálint Balassi, and Philip Sidney. After him are Wakisaka Yasuharu, Bartolomeo Carducci, Louis III, Duke of Württemberg, Richard Hooker, John Lyly, and Girolamo Diruta. Among people deceased in 1612, Ernest of Bavaria ranks 16. Before him are Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, Hans Leo Hassler, Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, John Smyth, Jodocus Hondius, and Giovanni Battista Guarini. After him are Piotr Skarga, False Dmitry III, Leonardo Donato, Giovanni de' Bardi, Nicholas Rémy, and Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernest of Bavaria ranks 2,226 out of 7,253. Before him are Stephen the Posthumous (1236), Paul von Hase (1885), Fritz Wunderlich (1930), Wilhelm Marr (1819), Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel (1744), and Valerius Cordus (1515). After him are Erdoğan Atalay (1966), Ernest, Duke of Bavaria (1373), Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen (1760), Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (1445), Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1862), and Willi Münzenberg (1889).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Ernest of Bavaria ranks 664. Before him are Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1678), Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria (1368), George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1547), Stephen the Posthumous (1236), Paul von Hase (1885), and Wilhelm Marr (1819). After him are Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen (1760), Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (1445), Willi Münzenberg (1889), Natalia Alexeievna (1755), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Brandenburg (1383), and Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1683).

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