Aleksander Ziemowit

Woodcut from Cardinal Alexander Ziemowits grave slab

Alexander Ziemowit ( also: Aleksander Mazowiecki ; * 1400 in Płock , Poland , † June 4, 1444 in Vienna ) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church .

origin

Alexander was the fourth son of Ziemowit IV († April 30, 1426), Duke of Mazovia , and of Alexandra of Lithuania († June 19, 1434, 19th child of Olgierd ), a sister of King Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland . His sister Cimburgis was married to (Arch) Duke Ernst I of Austria .

Life

Alexander studied at the University of Krakow . In 1424 he became Prince Bishop of Trento . Antipope Felix V appointed him cardinal ( pseudocardinal ) on October 12, 1440 with the titular church of San Lorenzo in Damaso .

From 1442 until his death, Alexander was Provost of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. A few days before his death, on June 2, 1444, he was made Patriarch of Aquileia . After his death, Alexander found his final resting place in the women's choir of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.

literature

Erwin Gatz (ed.): The bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1198 to 1448. A biographical lexicon. Berlin 2001, vol. 1, p. 786f.

Web links

Mazowiecki, Aleksander (pseudocardinal). In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed June 25, 2017.

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.stephanskirche.at/index.jsp?langid=1&menuekeyvalue=61 , accessed on May 13, 2017

predecessor	Office	successor
Heinrich IV. Flechtel	Bishop of Trento 1424–1444	Benedict

personal data
SURNAME	Ziemowit, Aleksander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ziemowit, Alexander; Mazowiecki, Aleksander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish cardinal of the Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH	1400
PLACE OF BIRTH	Plock
DATE OF DEATH	June 4, 1444
Place of death	Vienna

[1] ttp://www.stephanskirche.at/index.jsp?langid=1&menuekeyvalue=61 , accessed on May 13, 2017