Konrad von Thüngen (c. 1466 – 16 June 1540) was the
Prince-Bishop of Würzburg from 1519 until his death in 1540.
Biography
Konrad was born into a
Franconia
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family about 1466.
He was appointed
Prince-Bishop of Würzburg on 15 February 1519, with
Pope Leo X
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confirming his appointment on 13 April 1519.
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In 1525, the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg
The Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg (german: Fürstbistum Würzburg; Hochstift Würzburg) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire located in Lower Franconia, west of the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg. Würzburg had been a diocese ...
was one of the main centers of the German Peasants' War, during which peasant
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s, discontent with high taxes and forced labor requirements, rose en masse. The peasants found leaders in men like Götz von Berlichingen
Gottfried "Götz" von Berlichingen (1480 – 23 July 1562), also known as Götz of the Iron Hand, was a German (Franconian) Imperial Knight (''Reichsritter''), mercenary, and poet. He was born around 1480 into the noble family of Berliching ...
and Florian Geyer Florian Geyer von Giebelstadt (also spelled ''Geier''; ''c''. 1490 – 10 June 1525) was a German nobleman, diplomat, and knight. He became widely known for leading peasants during the German Peasants' War.
Early life
Florian Geyer was born ...
. During the course of the war, Würzburg
Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River.
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was besieged by peasant armies and Konrad was forced to flee. The peasants were eventually repelled by the forces of the Swabian League
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, and Konrad returned to the prince-bishopric along with the forces of Louis V, Elector Palatine
Louis V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (German: ''Ludwig V. von der Pfalz'') (2 July 1478, in Heidelberg – 16 March 1544, in Heidelberg), also Louis the Pacific, was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty was prince elector of the Palatinate.
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. Those who had participated in the revolt were punished harshly.
He died in Fortress Marienberg
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in Würzburg on 16 June 1540.
See also
References
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1466 births
1540 deaths
Prince-Bishops of Würzburg
16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Bavaria