Bernhard von Waldeck
Bernhard von Waldeck (* 1561 in Landau ; † March 11, 1591 in Iburg ) was Bishop of Osnabrück from 1585 to 1591 .
Life
Bernhard von Waldeck was the son of Count Johann I von Waldeck-Landau and his wife Anna zur Lippe as the fifth of six children. So he belonged to the Waldeck family .
Waldeck became bishop of Osnabrück in 1585. The assignment of Bernhard von Waldeck to the Catholic or Protestant denomination is made differently. On the part of the Diocese of Osnabrück he is now run as a Protestant bishop. However, on January 29, 1586 he took the oath on the Tridentinum .
Waldeck was a nephew of the former Bishop Franz von Waldeck .
Individual evidence
- ^ Bernhard von Waldeck in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved November 22, 2017.
- ^ Homepage of the Diocese of Osnabrück ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
literature
- Michael F. Feldkamp : Bernhard, Count von Waldeck, in: The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1448 to 1648. A biographical lexicon. Edited by Erwin Gatz with the assistance of Clemens Brodkorb, Duncker and Humblot: Berlin 1996, ISBN 3428084225 , p. 48f.
Web links
- Entry on Bernhard von Waldeck on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on November 22, 2017.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Wilhelm von Schencking |
Bishop of Osnabrück 1585–1591 |
Philipp Sigismund of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Waldeck, Bernhard von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Osnabrück (1585–1591) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1561 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Landau |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1591 |
| Place of death | Iburg |