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    Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn (18 March 1545 – 9 September 1617) was Prince-Bishop of Würzburg from 1573. He was born in Mespelbrunn Castle, Spessart (Lower...
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    1582 on the initiative of Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn. Today, the university is named for Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn and Maximilian Joseph. The...
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    Gothic pilgrimage chapel (the Echter family's burial place with a Renaissance tomb for Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn’s parents and siblings) a Divine...
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  • University of Würzburg, where he was well regarded by Prince-Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn. He died at Würzburg in 1601. He published a number of works...
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    University of Würzburg was founded in 1402 and re-founded in 1582 by Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn. The citizens of the city revolted several times against the...
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    of Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, Prince bishop of Würzburg, and reached its climax during the reign of his nephew and successor Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg...
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    1558–1573 Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn 1573–1617 Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen 1617–1622 (Bishop of Bamberg 1609–1622) Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg...
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    Bishop Lorenz von Bibra (d. 1519; by Tilman Riemenschneider) 14. Bishop Friedrich von Wirsberg (d. 1573) 15. Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn (d. 1617;...
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    1576 by the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn. The hospital was founded by Julius Echter, Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, in 1576 on...
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    1580s and 1590s, a powerful Counter-Reformation effort led by Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, reconverted most of the Streutal...
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    ignored threats of violence, the knights allied themselves to Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, prince-bishop of neighbouring Würzburg. In 1576, the combined...
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    1583, the son of Johann Heinrich von Ehrenberg (d. 1584). His mother was the sister of Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, who was Prince-Bishop of Würzburg...
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    and 1569 by Peter Echter of Mespelbrunn and his wife, Gertrud of Adelsheim. The most famous member of the family was Julius Echter, Prince-bishop of Würzburg...
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    1782, though the case was a dubious one. Elisabeth Plainacher Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, witch-hunter Drudenhaus Witch trials in the early modern period...
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    suppression of the Jesuits of 1773. Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn (1545–1617) was a Prince-Bishop of Würzburg Dietrich von Fürstenberg (1546–1618), Prince-Bishop...
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    elect a new Archbishop of Mainz, Dalberg narrowly beat out Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, Bishop of Würzburg to become the new archbishop. Pope Gregory...
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    for allying themselves with the peasants.: 24 : 32  Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn took office in 1573. He again reconstructed the fortress and...
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    Walhalla (memorial) (category Leo von Klenze buildings)
    Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (Rietschel, 1840) 70. Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn – Bishop of Würzburg (Scholl, 1840) 71. Maurice of Orange –...
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    abruptly stopped economic development. The long reign of Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn over the town brought back the prosperity of the community mainly...
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    Emperor, who feared that the election of the rival candidate, Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, Bishop of Würzburg would destabilize relations with the Protestants...
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    Scotland, Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, and Maurice...
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    Venningen Vieregg Vittinghoff Vogt-hunolstein Voit Voit von Rieneck Voit von Salzburg Von Beetzen von Vatz Vorster Waldenburg-Schenkern Waldenfels Walderdorff...
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    appointment on November 21, 1583. He was consecrated as a bishop by Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, Bishop of Würzburg, on May 20, 1584. He died on October 21...
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    Brandenburg-Kulmbach in 1553. It was rebuilt in 1601 under Prince-Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, but was again destroyed by fire in 1723 and merely patched...
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    found their final resting place at Ebrach. The prince-bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn (d. 1617) broke with this tradition and had his heart buried...
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    Johann Gottfried von Guttenberg 1684–1698 Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn 1573–1617 Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt 1544–1558 Johann Hartmann von Rosenbach 1609–1675...
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    founder of the Bodleian Library, Oxford (d. 1613) March 18 – Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, German bishop (d. 1617) March 25 – John II, Duke of...
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    Balthasar von Dernbach, 1570–1606 (exiled 1576–1602) Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, Bishop of Würzburg, administrator 1576–1602 Johann Friedrich von Schwalbach...
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    Appointed – 12 Nov 1573 Died) Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn † (1 Dec 1573 Appointed – 9 Sep 1617 Died) Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen † (5 Oct 1617 Appointed...
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    Ritterstift St. Burkard zu Würzburg unter der Regierung von Fürstbischof Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn (1573-1617), Würzburg 1986 Hemmerle, Josef: Die Benediktinerklöster...
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