Ernst von Velen

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Ernst von Velen (* 1600 ; † August 9, 1627 ) was canon in Münster and Paderborn.

Life

Ernst von Velen of grew up as a son of Alexander von Velen and his wife Agnes of Leerodt († 1624) together with his siblings Alexander (1599-1675, Imperial Field Marshall), Maria (1601-1624) and Agnes Alexandrine in the Westphalian noble family of Velen on . Ernst had studied at the university in Paris and, after submitting his certificate of study, received the cathedral priest in Münster , which his brother Alexander had renounced in 1621 . On July 31, 1627 he was also canon in Paderborn . Ernst received approval for a study trip to Italy. There he met the Cardinal von Hohenzollern . On the way back to Germany he was attacked by privateers and murdered on August 9, 1627.

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  • Wilhelm Kohl : NF 17.2: The Diocese of Münster 4.2. The Domstift St. Paulus zu Münster , published by the Max Planck Institute for History, Göttingen 1982, Verlag Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin / New York, ISBN 978-3-11-008508-2 .

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SURNAME Velen, Ernst von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canon in Münster and Paderborn
DATE OF BIRTH 1600
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 1627