Ferdinand Of Fürstenberg (1661–1718)
Ferdinand of Fürstenberg may refer to the following members of the German nobility: * Ferdinand of Fürstenberg (1626–1683), Prince Bishop of Paderborn and Münster, member of House of Fürstenberg (Westphalia) *Ferdinand of Fürstenberg (1661–1718), Drost in the Duchy of Westphalia, member of House of Fürstenberg (Westphalia) See also * Fürstenberg (other) Fürstenberg (also Fuerstenberg and Furstenberg) may refer to: Historical states * Fürstenberg-Baar, county (1441–1559) * Fürstenberg-Blumberg, county (1559–1614) * Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen, county (1617–1698) * Fürstenberg-Fürsten ...

Ferdinand Of Fürstenberg (1626–1683)
Ferdinand of Fürstenberg (german: Ferdinand Freiherr von Furstenberg), contemporaneously also known as Ferdinandus liber baro de Furstenberg, (26 October 1626 - 26 June 1683) was, as Ferdinand II, Prince Bishop of Paderborn from 1661 to 1683 and also Prince Bishop of Münster from 1678 to 1683, having been its coadjutor since 1667/68. He brought almost complete restoration to the Bishopric of Paderborn after the devastation of the Thirty Years' War. In foreign policy, he generally followed the principle of armed neutrality, but tended to lean towards the French position. He distinguished himself as an author of historical works, a poet of Latin poetry and a correspondent with the great scholars of his time. He also emerged as a patron of the arts and religion and had numerous churches built or renovated. He is considered one of the most outstanding representatives of Baroque Catholicism. Background and education Ferdinand of Fürstenberg was born on 26 October 1626 at Bilstei ...
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Ferdinand Of Fürstenberg (1661–1718)
Ferdinand of Fürstenberg may refer to the following members of the German nobility: * Ferdinand of Fürstenberg (1626–1683), Prince Bishop of Paderborn and Münster, member of House of Fürstenberg (Westphalia) *Ferdinand of Fürstenberg (1661–1718), Drost in the Duchy of Westphalia, member of House of Fürstenberg (Westphalia) See also * Fürstenberg (other) Fürstenberg (also Fuerstenberg and Furstenberg) may refer to: Historical states * Fürstenberg-Baar, county (1441–1559) * Fürstenberg-Blumberg, county (1559–1614) * Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen, county (1617–1698) * Fürstenberg-Fürsten ...

Duchy Of Westphalia
The Duchy of Westphalia (german: Herzogtum Westfalen) was a historic territory in the Holy Roman Empire, which existed from 1102 to 1803. It was located in the greater region of Westphalia, originally one of the three main regions in the German stem duchy of Saxony and today part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The duchy was held by the Archbishops and Electors of Cologne until its secularization in 1803. Geography The duchy roughly comprised the territory of the present-day districts of Olpe and Hochsauerland, as well as the adjacent areas of the Soest district and Märkischer Kreis (Menden and Balve), from 1507 also the exclave of Volkmarsen (a former property of the Imperial Abbey of Corvey). The town of Soest was lost to the Duchy of Cleves-Mark after the Soest Feud in 1449. The duchy bordered on the territory of the Prince-Bishops of Münster beyond the Lippe river in the north and on the Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn in the northeast; both ecclesiastical pr ...
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