Jacob II of Baden

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Epitaph in the collegiate church in Baden-Baden

Jakob von Baden (born June 6, 1471 at Hohenbaden Castle / Baden-Baden ; † April 27, 1511 in Cologne ) was a Prince of Baden , (titular) Margrave of Baden and from 1503 as Jakob II of Baden, Archbishop and Elector of Trier .

Jakob von Baden was the eldest son and the second of fifteen children of Margrave Christoph I (1453–1527) and his wife Ottilie von Katzenelnbogen (around 1451–1517). As Jakob II, he would normally have been chosen to be the ruling margrave of the margraviate of Baden , but in accordance with family tradition he embarked on a spiritual career. From 1489 he studied in Bologna and Rome theology . In 1490 he was elected provost of the St. Paulin monastery in Trier for ten years, and in the following year he was also domiciled . 1497–1498 he was cathedral canon in Mainz and Augsburg , and in 1499 royal chamber judge. His great-uncle, the Archbishop of Trier Johann II. Von Baden , appointed him coadjutor with the right of succession (Latin: "coadiutor cum iure successionis") on January 16, 1500; he died three years later, on February 9, 1503. Jakob von Baden had been running the government of the archdiocese since 1501. Immediately thereafter, Jakob von Baden was elected Archbishop of Trier as Jakob II of Baden against the opposition of a not inconsiderable part of the cathedral chapter as well as the nobility and the estates. On January 28, 1504, Jacob II received his episcopal ordination . The new archbishop was commissioned by the emperor to settle disputes in various cities such as Landshut, Worms and Cologne. Mandatory tasks in his short reign were the necessary consolidation of the archfound finances. Further activities were his promotion of the young University of Trier and the revival of the brotherhood system . In one of the many arbitration proceedings he presided over, he died at the age of less than forty on April 27, 1511 in Cologne and was first buried in the collegiate church of St. Florin in Koblenz . Almost three centuries later, his remains were transferred to the family crypt of the House of Baden on June 25, 1808.

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Johann II of Baden Elector and Archbishop of Trier
1503–1511 		Richard von Greiffenklau zu Vollrads
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SURNAME Jacob II of Baden
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic clergyman; Archbishop and Elector of Trier (1503–1511)
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1471
PLACE OF BIRTH Hohenbaden Castle , Baden-Baden
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1511
Place of death Cologne