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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Archbishops of Cologne, Clemens August of Bavaria, Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Josef Frings, Ruprecht of the Palatinate, Engelbert II of Berg, Ernest of Bavaria, Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria, List of bishops and archbishops of Cologne, Clemens August von Droste-Vischering, Joachim Meisner, Felix von Hartmann, Rainald of Dassel, Johannes von Geissel, Bruno the Great, Salentin IX of Isenburg-Grenzau, Walram of Julich, Siegfried II of Westerburg, Ferdinand of Bavaria, Karl Joseph Schulte, Heinrich II of Virneburg, Konrad von Hochstaden, Joseph Hoffner, Anno II, Archbishop of Cologne, Philip I, Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, Gunther, Dietrich I von Hengebach, Wilhelm von Gennep, Adolf of Altena, Heribert of Cologne, Gebhard I von Mansfeld-Vorderort, Adolf III of the Marck, Maternus of Cologne, Arnold I of Cologne, Engelbert III of the Marck, Archbishop of Cologne, Hugh the Abbot, Severin of Cologne, Manfred Melzer, Wilbert, Hermann of Wied, Pilgrim, Wigbold von Holte, Hildebold, Heinrich I von Mullenark, Gero, Philipp Krementz, Frederick I, Ferdinand August von Spiegel, Maximilian Friedrich von Konigsegg-Rothenfels, Bruno II von Berg, Bruno III of Berg, Herman II, Warin of Cologne, Sigwin von Are, Ebergar, Frederick II. Excerpt: Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg (10 November 1547 - 21 May 1601) was the prince-elector and archbishop of Cologne. 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 a war. On 19 December 1582, a proclamation in his name established parity for Catholics and Calvinists in the...
