George of Austria

Archbishop Georg of Austria

George of Austria (* 1504 in Ghent ; † May 4, 1557 in Liège ) was a Catholic archbishop .

Georg was the illegitimate son of Emperor Maximilian I and Margareta von Edelsheim and grew up with Charles V in the Netherlands with his half-sister Margarete . Margarete obtained dispensation from the Pope for his illegitimate birth and made sure that George received church benefices early on. In 1526 he became Bishop of Brixen . Later he moved to the episcopal see in Valencia (1538) and Liège (1544). George's church and foreign policy followed the imperial line, as the Liège bishop he was concerned about the welfare of his subjects.

He had three children: Georg became a priest († 1619), Margarete became Abbess of Charleroi († 1604) and Maria († after 1589).

literature

Adam Wandruszka : Georg of Austria. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 210 ( digitized version ).
Heinrich Ritter von Zeißberg : Georg of Austria . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, p. 637 f.

predecessor	Office	successor
Cornelius von Berghes	Bishop of Liège 1544–1557	Robert II of Berghes
Erard de La Marck	Archbishop of Valencia 1538–1542	Thomas of Villanova
Sebastian Sprenz	Bishop of Brixen 1526–1539	Christoph Fuchs from Fuchsberg

personal data
SURNAME	George of Austria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Liege
DATE OF BIRTH	1504
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ghent
DATE OF DEATH	May 4, 1557
Place of death	Liege