Ernst I. von Schauenburg

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Ernst as the 42nd Bishop of Hildesheim on a painting with medallions depicting all Hildesheim bishops up to the end of the 18th century; Latin inscription: "Hunt for countries, not for souls".
Seal of Ernst I von Schauenburg from around 1565

Ernst I. von Schauenburg († July 22/23 , 1471 ) was Bishop of Hildesheim from 1458 .

The fourth son of Otto von Holstein-Schauenburg became a canon in Hildesheim in 1445. In 1458 he was elected bishop and confirmed the following year. He was devoted to hunting and war. In 1459 he initiated restrictions on jurisdiction . He was unable to ward off the devastation of his pen by neighboring princes. Under him, the Seven Founders appeared for the first time as part of the landscape of the former Principality of Hildesheim . In 1469 the city concluded a protective alliance with Duke Otto von Lüneburg under him . Ernst is said to have died out of grief over the misfortune that happened to Duke Friedrich in the war.

literature

  • Hans-Georg Aschoff: Ernst, Count of Schaumburg († 1471). 1458–1471 Bishop of Hildesheim. In: Erwin Gatz (ed.), With the assistance of Clemens Brodkorb: The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1448 to 1648. A biographical encyclopedia. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-428-08422-5 , p. 160.

swell

  1. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein, COUNTS of Holstein, Dukes of Holstein. July 24, 2014, accessed January 6, 2015 . In: fmg.ac
  2. ↑ Johann Samuelansch : Allgemeine Encyklopadie der Wissenschaften und Kunste. Gleditsch, 1831, p. 145 ( digitized in the Google book search).
predecessor Office successor
Bernhard III. from Braunschweig-Lüneburg Bishop of Hildesheim
1458–1471 		Henning from the house
personal data
SURNAME Ernst I. von Schauenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Hildesheim
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH July 22nd, 1471 or July 23rd, 1471