Francis of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Francis of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1492–1529) (
Bishop of Minden
as Francis I from 1508 to 1529.
Life
Francis was born in 1492 to Duke
Eric II of Pomerania
.
At the age of 16, Francis was elected as Bishop of
Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim.[1]
During Francis' reign,
the Reformation reached the town and Prince-Bishopric of Minden, given impetus thanks to Francis' shortcomings,[2] but it did not fully take hold until after Francis' death in 1529, when Nikolaus Krage was able to preach reform during the interregnum in the bishop's office.[3]
Francis died on 25 November 1529 in Wolfenbüttel.
References
- ^ Wolfgang Menzel: Geschichte der Deutschen bis auf die neuesten Tage Vol. 2, Cotta, 1843, p. 630
- ^ Gertrud Angermann: Volksleben im Nordosten Westfalens zu Beginn der Neuzeit, Waxmann Verlag, 1995, p. 95
- ^ Erwin Gatz, Clemens Brodkorb: Die Bischöfe des Heiligen Römischen Reiches, 1448 bis 1648: ein biographisches Lexikon, Vol. 2, Duncker & Humblot, 1996, p. 814
Literature
- Berlinischer Gymnasiallehrer-Verein: Zeitschrift für das Gymnasialwesen: im Auftrage und Mitwirkung des Berlinischen Gymnasiallehrer-Vereins, Vol. 16, Verlag von Theod. Chr. Fr. Enslin, 1862, pp. 580 ff.
- Carl Adolf Cornelius: Geschichte des münsterischen Aufruhrs: in drei Büchern, Vols. 1-2, T. O. Weigel, 1855, pp. 83 ff.
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