Anselm Casimir Wambold von Umstadt (30 November 1582 – 9 October 1647) was the

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from 1629 to 1647.

Biography

Anselm Casimir Wambold von Umstadt was the son of Eberhard Wambolt Umstadt (1546–1601) and Anna von Reiffenberg (d. 1583). He was born on 30 November 1582, most likely in Speyer, where his father was an official in the '' Reichskammergericht''. His father had been a Calvinist, but converted to Catholicism in 1581. After being educated by the Jesuits, Anselm Casimir Wambold von Umstadt was admitted to the

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in Mainz in 1596. He spent 1596-97 studying at the ''

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'' in Rome and 1597-99 at the University of Würzburg. He then spent three years studying

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and theology in Rome. He returned to Mainz in 1604, and was ordained as a deacon on 11 May 1605, at which time he became a member of the cathedral chapter. He then spent the next two years studying law at the University of Padua. In June 1608,

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named him a member of his ''

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'', becoming its president in January 1609, a position he held until 1618. During this period, he often served as the archbishop's representative to members of the Catholic League. In 1619, he became '' Amtmann'' of

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, a post he held until 1629. He was also

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of the University of Mainz from 1620 to 1624. On 6 August 1629, the Mainz cathedral chapter elected Anselm Casimir Wambold von Umstadt as the new

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confirmed his election on 28 January 1630. With the Thirty Years War raging, on Christmas 1631, forces under

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occupied Mainz, though the archbishop had already fled to Cologne. The city was recaptured from Swedish forces in December 1635, and the archbishop returned on 22 June 1636. On 22 December 1636, at

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, he crowned Ferdinand III as

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. In 1644, French troops occupied Mainz, and the archbishop fled to Frankfurt. An ardent supporter of the Catholic position during the Thirty Years War, his intransigence was partially responsible for delaying the signing of the

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until after his death. After concluding a peace with the French, Anselm Casimir Wambold von Umstadt died in Frankfurt on 9 October 1647.

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