Ernest of Bavaria

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).

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.

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

He was also simultaneously Prince-Bishop of Münster, Hildesheim, Freising, and Liège, Count of Loon, and Prince-Abbot of Stavelot. In Freising he had already become bishop by the age of 12.

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.^[1]: 168

Ancestry

Ancestors of Ernest of Bavaria

16. Albert III, Duke of Bavaria[2] 8. Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria[3] 17. Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck[4] 4. William IV, Duke of Bavaria[5] 18. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor[6] 9. Kunigunde of Austria[3] 19. Eleanor of Portugal[6] Albert V, Duke of Bavaria 20. Christopher I, Margrave of Baden-Baden[7] 10. Philip I, Margrave of Baden-Sponheim[7] 21. Ottilie von Katzenelnbogen[7] 5. Marie of Baden-Sponheim[5] 22. Philip, Elector Palatine[8] 11. Elisabeth of the Palatinate[7] 23. Margaret of Bavaria[8] Ernest of Bavaria 24. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor[9] 12. Philip I of Castile[10][11] 25. Mary of Burgundy[9] 6. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor[12] 26. Ferdinand II of Aragon[13] 13. Joanna of Castile[11] 27. Isabella I of Castile[13] Archduchess Anna of Austria 28. Casimir IV Jagiellon[14] 14. Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary[15] 29. Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria[14] 7. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary[12] 30. Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale[16] 15. Anna of Foix-Candale[15] 31. Infanta Catherine of Navarre[16]