Wittelsbach-Hapsburg aristocrat Ernest of Bavaria () (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.
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.
Early life and education 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.
Ancestry
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External links
Ernest of Bavaria – the Prince-Bishop of Liege in modern Europe, 400th anniversary Tripota – Trier portrait database Ernest of Bavaria in the Portal of Rhenish History
Porträt von Frans Hogenberg von 1604 () Epitaph of Ernest of Bavaria