Albrecht, of Brandenburg, Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, Cardinal, 1490-1545
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Name (Latin)
Albrecht, of Brandenburg, Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, Cardinal, 1490-1545
Other forms of name
Albert, of Mainz, Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, Cardinal, 1490-1545
Albertus, Princeps Elector, Archiepiscopus Moguntianus ac Magdeburgensis, 1490-1545
Albrecht, von Brandenburg, Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, Cardinal, 1490-1545
nnaa Albrecht von Brandenburg, Cardinal, Abp. and Elector of Mainz, 1490-1545
Brandenburg, Albrecht von, 1490-1545
Albert, of Brandenburg, Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, Cardinal, 1490-1545
Albrecht II, Elector and Archbishop of Mainz, 1490-1545
Albert, Elector and Archbishop of Mainz, 1490-1545
Date of birth
1490-06-28
Date of death
1545-09-24
Place of birth
Berlin (Germany)
Place of death
Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
Place of residence/headquarters
Halle an der Saale (Germany)
Associate group
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) (1514 - 1514)
Occupation
Electors (Kurfürsten)
Bishops
Associated Language
ger
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
Cardinal Albert of Brandenburg (1490-1545) was the Archbishop of Mainz who authorized the sale of indulgences in Germany, against which Martin Luther posted his historic 95 theses.
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Sources of Information
- Der Kardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg, Renaissancefürst und Mäzen, 2006:volume 1, title page (Albrecht von Brandenburg) volume 1, page 12 (Archbishop of Mainz and Magdeburg, Cardinal of the Roman Curia, Imperial Chancellor and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire; Halle was his favored residence from 1513 to 1541)
- German Wikipedia, viewed November 13, 2015(Albrecht Kardinal von Brandenburg; born June 28, 1490, in Cölln an der Spree (now part of Berlin); died September 24, 1545, at the Martinsburg in Mainz)
- Kren, Thomas. Illuminating the Renaissance, 2003:page 456 (Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, archbishop and elector of Mainz) page 457 (Cardinal Albrecht)
- Melanchthon, Philip. Commentarii in Epistolam Pauli ad Romanos, 1533:fol A2r (Serenissimo et illustrissimo Pri[n]cipi ac Domino D. Alberto Ecclesiae Romanae, Principi Electori, Archiepiscopo Moguntiano ac Magdeburge[n]si ...
- New Catholic encyclopedia. Second edition:volume 1, page 233 (Albrecht of Brandenburg; Cardinal Archbishop of Mainz, Elector of the Holy Roman Empire; born June 28, 1490, in Berlin; died September 24, 1545, in Mainz; became Archbishop of Magdeburg in 1513; founded the University of Halle in 1531)
- Oxford encyclopedia of the Reformation, 1996:volume 1, page 15 (Albert of Brandenburg, 1490-1545) page16 (Albrecht von Mainz; Kardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg)
- Price, David. Albrecht Dürer's Renaissance, 2003:page 237 (Albrecht of Brandenburg)
- Roesgen, M. von. Kardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg, 1980:title page (Albrecht von Brandenburg)
- New Catholic encyclopedia, 1967:vol. 1, p. 233 (Albrecht of Brandenburg; Archibishop of Magdeburg, Cardinal Archbishop of Mainz, Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, founder of the University of Halle)
- Der Kardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg, Renaissancefürst und Mäzen, 2006:volume 1, title page (Albrecht von Brandenburg) volume 1, page 12 (Archibishop of Mainz and Magdeburg, Cardinal of the Roman curia, Imperial Chancellor and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire; Halle was his favored residence from 1513 to 1541)