FERDINAND (1577-1650)

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FERDINAND (1577-1650) , elector and archbishop of Cologne, son of William V., duke of Bavaria, was born on the 7th of October 1577. Intended for the church, he was educated by the

Jesuits

JESUITS

at the university of Ingolstadt, and in 1595 became coadjutor archbishop of Cologne. He became elector and arch-

bishop

in 1612 on the death of his uncle Ernest, whom he also succeeded as

bishop

of Liege, Munster and

Hildesheim

HILDESHEIM

. He
endeavoured resolutely to root out heresy in the lands under his

rule

RULE

, and favoured the teaching of the

Jesuits

JESUITS

in every possible way. He supported the league founded by his brother

Maximilian

MAXIMILIAN
MAXIMILIAN (1832—1867)

I., duke of Bavaria, and wished to involve the leaguers in a general attack on the Protestants of north Germany. The cool political sagacity of the duke formed a

sharp

SHARP,
GRANVILLE
- GRANVILLE
- GRANVILLE, GRANVILLE
- GRANVILLE, JOHN
  CARTERET
  - CARTERET, SIR GEORGE (c. 1610-1680)
  , EARL (1690-1763)
(1735-1813)
SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

contrast to the impetuosity of the archbishop, and he refused to accede to his brother's wish; but, in spite of these temporary differences, Ferdinand sent troops and money to the assistance of the league when the Thirty Years' War broke out in 1619. The elector's alliance with the Spaniards secured his territories to a

great

GREAT

extent from the depredations of the war until the arrival of the Swedes in Germany in 163o, when the extension of the area of the struggle to the neighbourhood of Cologne induced him to enter into negotiations for peace. Nothing came of these attempts until 1647, when he joined his brother

Maximilian

MAXIMILIAN
MAXIMILIAN (1832—1867)

in concluding an armistice with France and Sweden at Ulm. The elector's later years were marked by a conflict with the citizens of Liege; and when the peace of Westphalia freed him from his enemies, he was able to crush the citizens and deprive them of many privileges. Ferdinand, who had held the bishopric of Paderborn since 1618, died at Arnsberg on the 13th of September 165o, and was buried in the

cathedral

CATHEDRAL

at Cologne.
See L. Ennen, Frankreich and der Niederrhein oder Geschichte von Stadt and Kurstadt Koln seit dem3ojahrigen Kriege, Band i. (Cologne, 18551856).

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