Ernest of Bavaria (1500–1560)
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Ernest of Bavaria (1500–1560)
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| Noble family | House of Wittelsbach |
| Father | Albert IV of Bavaria-Munich |
| Mother | Kunigunde of Austria |
| Born |
13 June 1500 Munich |
| Died | 7 December 1560 (aged 60) Glatz |
| Buried | Munich Frauenkirche |
Duke Ernest of Bavaria (born 13 June 1500 in Munich – died: 7 December 1560 in Glatz) was Administrator of the dioceses of Passau and Salzburg and pledge Lord of Glatz.
Ernest was a member of the Bavarian noble Wittelsbach family. He was the third son of Duke Albert IV of Bavaria-Munich and his wife Kunigunde, daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III.
In 1506 Albert issued a Primogeniture Act, stipulating that Bavaria should remain undivided. The result was that his two younger sons Louis and Ernest were excluded from the government. Louis's parents decided that he should follow an ecclesiastical career instead. After Albert died in 1508, the Bavarian court historian Johannes Aventinus was entrusted with providing Ernest with a suitable education. Ernest and Louis travelled to Italy, here he worked in Pavia and attended lectures from the famous legal scholar Jason Magnus. Ernest also travelled to Paris and to Saxony with John of Malentein, who later became Bishop of Seckau.
In 1515 Louis enrolled at the University of Ingolstadt. He soon became a member of Sodalitas Ingolstatiensis, a literary society founded by Aventinus, after a suggestion by the Humanist Conrad Celtis.
With the support of Emperor Maximilian I the brothers William and Louis,succeeded in 1514 to have Ernest appointed Coadjutor of Bishop Wiguleus Fröschl of Marzoll in Passau. The papal confirmation the appointment on 28 January 1517.
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