Ernest of Bavaria

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Ernest of Bavaria
Prince-Elector-Archbishop of Cologne
Portrait of Ernest by Hans Werl, now in the Alte Pinakothek
Reign	April 1583 – 17 February 1612
Predecessor	Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg
Successor	Ferdinand of Bavaria
Born	17 December 1554 Munich, Duchy of Bavaria
Died	17 February 1612(1612-02-17) (aged 57) Arnsberg, Archbishopric of Cologne
Burial	Cologne Cathedral
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Albert V, Duke of Bavaria
Mother	Anna von Habsburg

Wittelsbach-Hapsburg aristocrat Ernest of Bavaria (German: Ernst von Bayern) (17 December 1554 – 17 February 1612) was Prince-Elector-Archbishop of the Archbishopric of Cologne and, as such, Archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Westphalia, from 1583 to 1612 as successor of the expelled Archbishop Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg.

He was also simultaneously Prince-Bishop of Münster, Hildesheim, Freising, and Liège, Count of Loon, and Prince-Abbot of Savelot.