Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg

Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg (* November 1, 1550; † April 22, 1585 in Bremervörde ) was a of the Roman Church not recognized Prince-Archbishop of Bremen ( Henry III. ), Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück ( Henry II ) and of Paderborn ( Henry IV ).

Biography

Prince Bishop Henry IV came from the House of Saxe - Lauenburg. He was the son of the converted to Protestantism Duke Francis I of Saxe- Lauenburg (1543-1581) and by Sibylle of Saxony. With ten years already, he received the reversion of a Domherrenstelle in Cologne. Henry studied at the university there, especially when law professor Dr. Betz village, who was his landlord in Cologne and his mentor. His training and his subsequent actions were influenced mainly by Protestant Betz village.

More and more were the stands in north-western Germany converted to the Protestant faith. 1566 chose the Protestant dominated Cathedral Chapter of the Archdiocese of Bremen Archbishop Heinrich ( Henry III. ) Who possessed a temporal leader only through the Archbishopric of Bremen. Pope Pius V refused to allow the Protestant Archbishop Henry III. the papal confirmation, as the Roman Catholic Church, the episcopate is not recognized. The nuncio in Cologne was the end of 1573 a log again, where he was rated the canonical requirements for the election of bishops positive. Henry was also chosen in 1574 by the chapter in the Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück for the prince-bishop ( Henry II ). For Rome, but a recognition of episcopal elections was not acceptable. He was thus, from a Catholic point of view only administrator of the Archdiocese of Bremen and the bishopric of Osnabrück. In the Bishopric of Münster his plan failed scarce.

Effort to recognize Henry of Rome, however, were advanced. First, he secretly married on October 25, 1575 at the castle Hagen in Hagen in Bremen Anna Betz village, also known as Broich. She was the biological daughter of his mentor Cologne Betz village. The reason he had entered in the marriage book, he did not possess the gift of chastity. On October 14, 1577 Henry was proclaimed even to the Bishop of Paderborn ( Henry IV ). Again, the papal confirmation was denied. 1578 Heinrich moved demonstrative and solemnly with his wife in the Protestant Paderborn one.

Henry has always sworn the Roman Catholic formalities for the episcopal ordination in a double play, but at the same time never want to be a Catholic bishop.

At Palm Sunday 1585 Prince-Bishop of Bremen, Osnabrück and Paderborn rushed to a Protestant church in Bremervörde so unhappy from his horse, that he died shortly afterwards. While in Bremen, the Catholic cause was lost forever, sat down with the unexpected death of Henry in particular in the Bishopric of Paderborn the Counter-Reformation.

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