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Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg

1547 - 1601

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Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg (10 November 1547 – 31 May 1601) was the archbishop-elector of Cologne from 1577 to 1588. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg is the 12,892nd most popular politician (down from 10,944th in 2019), the 3,899th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,268th in 2019) and the 1,087th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg ranks 12,892 out of 19,576. Before him are Jean Van Houtte, Henry Ireton, Pascual Orozco, Fyodor Dan, Juan Esteban Pedernera, and Khamerernebty I. After him are Tom Perez, Stylianos Gonatas, Baltacı Mehmet Pasha, Jan de Quay, Nikos Beloyannis, and Udo of Neustria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1547, Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg ranks 22. Before him are Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł, Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, Princess Sophia of Sweden, Alof de Wignacourt, Ubbo Emmius, and Jurij Dalmatin. After him are Faizi, and William Morgan. Among people deceased in 1601, Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg ranks 9. Before him are Louise of Lorraine, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Henriette of Cleves, Starina Novak, Kuchum, and Damat Ibrahim Pasha. After him are Thomas Nashe, John Shakespeare, and Ivan Moskvitin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg ranks 3,901 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Hugo Strunz (1910), Uwe Bein (1960), George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1688), Rolf Hoppe (1930), Paul Mebus (1920), and Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer (1782). After him are Grete Hermann (1901), André Schürrle (1990), Dirk Nowitzki (1978), Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1846), Johanna Klier (1952), and Sophie Menter (1846).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg ranks 1,087. Before him are Günter Verheugen (1944), Bernd Lucke (1962), Karl Arnold (1901), Udo Voigt (1952), Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1655), and George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1688). After him are Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1846), Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926), Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg (1792), Erich Ollenhauer (1901), Prince August of Württemberg (1813), and Hans Furler (1904).

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