Eitel Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (25 September 1582 – 19 September 1625) was a

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Cardinal-Priest and Prince-Bishop of

Osnabrück Osnabrück (; wep, Ossenbrügge; archaic ''Osnaburg'') is a city in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population ...

. He was a son of

Charles II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Charles II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ''(German: Karl II, Graf von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen)'' (1547 – 8 April 1606) became Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in 1576 and remained so until his death. He was the fifth but second survivin ...

and thus a member of the noble and ancient

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family. On the 15 December 1620

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created him

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'', he was publicly proclaimed

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of '' S. Lorenzo in Panisperna'' on 11 Jan 1621. He was appointed Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück on 28 April 1623. On the 29 October 1623 he chose to become a priest and was

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. He was never styled '' Eminence'' as this was only done after his death in 1630.

References

1582 births 1625 deaths 17th-century German cardinals Eitel Frederick Eitel Frederick Cathedral deans of Cologne {{Germany-RC-archbishop-stub