George of Austria

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George of Austria was a 16th-century Habsburg prince who served as Prince-Bishop of Liège and played a political and ecclesiastical role in the Holy Roman Empire.

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instanceOf Habsburg prince
Roman Catholic bishop
human
appointedAs Prince-Bishop of Liège
burialPlace Liège Cathedral NERFINISHED
canonLawStatus Catholic prelate
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire
dateOfBirth 1528-04-10
dateOfDeath 1572-05-04
diocese Diocese of Liège NERFINISHED
educatedAt University of Ingolstadt NERFINISHED
University of Leuven NERFINISHED
endTime 1572
familyName Habsburg NERFINISHED
father Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
givenName George NERFINISHED
languageSpoken French
German
Latin
memberOf House of Habsburg NERFINISHED
mother Anna of Bohemia and Hungary NERFINISHED
nobleRank archduke
nobleTitle Prince of the Holy Roman Empire
notableFor mediating between local estates and Habsburg authorities
strengthening Habsburg influence in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège
occupation bishop
prince-bishop
statesman
participatedIn Counter-Reformation efforts in the Low Countries
Imperial politics of the Holy Roman Empire
partOf Catholic hierarchy of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth County of Flanders NERFINISHED
Ghent NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Liège NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Liège NERFINISHED
positionHeld Prince-Bishop of Liège
religion Roman Catholicism
sibling Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain NERFINISHED
Charles II, Archduke of Inner Austria NERFINISHED
Eleonora of Austria NERFINISHED
Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria NERFINISHED
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
startTime 1544

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

Albert II of Germany child George of Austria
Albert II of Hungary child George of Austria
this entity surface form: George of Austria (died young)
Albert II of Bohemia child George of Austria
Albert II, Holy Roman Emperor child George of Austria
Felix of Austria child George of Austria
this entity surface form: Georg of Austria