John II of Werdenberg (c. 1430 – 23 February 1486,
Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...
) was a German nobleman and clergyman of the
house of Werdenberg. From 1469 to his death he was
bishop of Augsburg.
Family
He was one of sixteen children born to John IV, Count of
Werdenberg-Sargans (died 1465) and his wife
Elisabeth of Württemberg (1412–1476), daughter of
Eberhard III, Count of Württemberg
Eberhard III of Württemberg (called ''der Milde'' (the Clement) (1364 – 16 May 1417, in Göppingen), ruled from 1392 to 1417 as the Count of Württemberg, then a part of the Holy Roman Empire.Andreas Thiele, ''Erzählende genealogische Stammta ...
and granddaughter of
Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor. His brothers included
Hugo XI of Werdenberg (died 1508),
Henry XIII of Werdenberg (died 1505) and
Rudolf X of Werdenberg (died 1497). His sisters
Margaret of Werdenberg (died 1496) and
Anna of Werdenberg (died 1497) both became abbesses of
Buchau Abbey
Buchau Abbey, otherwise the Imperial Abbey of Buchau (german: Reichsstift Buchau), was initially a community of canonesses regular, and later a collegiate foundation of secular canonesses, in Buchau (now Bad Buchau) in Baden-Württemberg, Germa ...
, whilst another sister
Agnes of Werdenberg married
Jobst Nikolaus I, Count of Hohenzollern.
Life and work
References
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Roman Catholic bishops of Augsburg
1430 births
1486 deaths
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