Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg

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German nobleman archbishop human prince-elector

Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg was a 16th-century German archbishop and prince-elector whose conversion to Protestantism and attempt to secularize his territory sparked the Cologne War within the Holy Roman Empire.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg canonical 4
Truchsess (steward) of Waldburg 1
Truchsess von Waldburg 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German nobleman ⓘ
archbishop ⓘ
human ⓘ
prince-elector ⓘ
alignedWith Calvinist princes ⓘ
birthDate 1547-11-10 ⓘ
birthPlace Heiningen ⓘ
burialPlace Strasbourg Cathedral ⓘ
causeOf Cologne War ⓘ
conflict Cologne War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
deathCause illness ⓘ
deathDate 1601-05-31 ⓘ
deathPlace Strasbourg ⓘ
educatedAt University of Dillingen ⓘ
University of Ingolstadt ⓘ
Catholic University of Leuven ⓘ
surface form: University of Louvain

University of Perugia ⓘ
endTime 1583 ⓘ
era Counter-Reformation ⓘ
Reformation ⓘ
familyName Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Truchsess von Waldburg
givenName Gebhard ⓘ
historicalRegion Electorate of Cologne ⓘ
lostTitle Electorate of Cologne ⓘ
maritalStatus married ⓘ
memberOf House of Waldburg ⓘ
nobleTitle Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Truchsess (steward) of Waldburg
notableEvent Cologne War ⓘ
notableFor attempt to secularize the Electorate of Cologne ⓘ
conversion to Protestantism as an imperial elector-archbishop ⓘ
officeContestedBy Ernst of Bavaria ⓘ
opposedBy Catholic League ⓘ
surface form: Catholic League forces
participatedIn European wars of religion ⓘ
surface form: Wars of religion in the Holy Roman Empire
partOf Schmalkaldic War ⓘ
surface form: German Reformation conflicts
positionHeld Archbishop of Cologne ⓘ
surface form: Archbishop-Elector of Cologne

Prince-elector of Cologne ⓘ
reasonForConflict violation of the ecclesiastical reservation in the Peace of Augsburg ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousConversion from Catholicism to Calvinism ⓘ
residence Bonn ⓘ
Strasbourg ⓘ
significantAction attempted secularization of an ecclesiastical principality ⓘ
spouse Agnes von Mansfeld-Eisleben ⓘ
startTime 1577 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Electorate of Cologne → notableRuler → Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg ⓘ
Cologne War → mainBelligerent → Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg ⓘ
Cologne War → commanders → Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg ⓘ
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg → familyName → Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Truchsess von Waldburg
Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg → nobleTitle → Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Truchsess (steward) of Waldburg
Siege of Godesberg (1583) → commander → Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg ⓘ