Frederick IV Of Oettingen
Count Frederick IV of Oettingen (d. 19 September 1415 in Eichstätt) was archbishop of Bishopric of Eichstätt, Eichstätt from 1383 until his death. Background Frederick IV of Oettingen was a member of the Swabian-Franconian House of Oettingen. He was the son of Louis X of Oettingen and Imagina of Schaumberg. His brother Louis XI served as chamberlain (office), chamberlain of Emperor Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, Sigismund. His relative Siegfried of Oettingen served briefly as Bishop of Diocese of Bamberg, Bamberg in 1237. Life Frederick IV studied canon law and theology in University of Padua, Padua and University of Bologna, Bologna.Kreitmeir, 1992, p. 58 He then served as canon (priest), canon in Eichstätt and Würzburg. He was elected bishop of Eichstätt in 1383. Since he was only 23 years old at the time, he needed a papal dispensation to take up his post. He received this dispensation from Pope Urban VI and was invested as bishop by Emperor Wenceslaus, Holy ...
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