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Early Bishops and Archbishops

Archbishops

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History

Cologne was the ancient Roman city of Colonia Agrippina in the province of Germania Inferior, and has been a bishop's see since Roman times. In 953, the archbishops of Cologne first gained noteworthy secular power, when Bishop Bruno was appointed as duke by his brother Emperor Otto I. To weaken the secular nobility, who threatened his power, Otto endowed Bruno and his successors in the bishop's see with the prerogatives of secular princes. This was the beginning of the electoral state of Cologne. It was formed from the temporal possessions of the archbishopric and included in the end a strip of territory along the left Bank of the Rhine east of Jülich, and the Duchy of Westphalia on the other side of the Rhine, beyond Berg and Mark.

By the end of the 12th century, the Archbishop of Cologne was one of the seven electors of the Holy Roman Emperor. Besides being prince-elector, he was Arch-chancellor of Italy as well, technically from 1238 and permanently from 1263 until 1803. In the Battle of Worringen (1288), the archbishop was captured by soldiers of the city, and was forced to grant the city near-complete autonomy. Eventually, the archbishop moved to Bonn to escape jurisdiction conflicts with the city government. In 1475, Cologne became a Free Imperial City, independent from the archbishop.

Long-distance trade in the Baltic grew, as the major trading towns came together in the Hanseatic League, under the leadership of Lübeck. It was a business alliance of trading cities and their guilds that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe and flourished from the 1200 to 1500, and continued with lesser importance after that. The chief cities were Cologne on the Rhine River, Hamburg and Bremen on the North Sea, and Lübeck on the Baltic.The economic structures of medieval and early modern Cologne were based on the city's major harbor, its location as a transport hub and its entrepreneurial merchants who built ties with merchants in other Hanseatic cities.

During the 16th century, two Archbishops of Cologne converted to Protestantism. The first, Hermann von Wied, resigned the archbishopric on converting, but Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, who converted to Calvinism in 1582, attempted to secularize the archbishopric. His marriage the following February, and his refusal to relinquish the territory, resulted in the election of a competing archbishop and prince-elector, Ernst of Bavaria, brother of the Wittelsbach Duke of Bavaria. In the Cologne War that followed, the pope funded Italian and Spanish mercenaries and the Catholic Bavarians also sent an army to support Ernst, while the Protestant Netherlands supported von Waldburg. The war ruined most of the Electoral economy, and many villages and towns were besieged and destroyed. The Siege of Godesberg in November–December 1583 ended with the destruction of Godesberg Castle and the slaughter of most of its inhabitants. After several more sieges, von Waldburg gave up his claim to the see and retired to Strasbourg with his wife. Ernst became archbishop–the first major success of the Counter-Reformation in Germany. Under Ernst's direction, Jesuits supervised the reintroduction of Catholicism in the Electorate. From 1583 to 1761, the archbishopric was effectively a secundogeniture of the Bavarian branch of the House of Wittelsbach. As the archbishop in this period usually also held the Bishopric of Münster (and often the Bishopric of Liège), he was one of the most important princes of northwestern Germany.

The archdiocese was secularized at the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss in 1803.

The Roman Era

Bone comb, 1st century AD

excavated at the construction of the N-S Stadtbahn of Cologne. (2004-2011)

Römisch Germanisches Museum, Köln [1]

In Roman times the Praetorium in Colonia Agrippina served as the residence and office of the governor of the province of Germania Inferior, as well as the administration building.[2] In his person, the governor united the military superintendent over the Low Germanic army (Exercitus Germania Inferioris) and the civilian supreme command over the province. His civilian authority included both the judiciary as well as the executive and, in the regional context, the legislative power. The governpr of a province was always a former Roman consul as Legatus Augusti pro praetore ("emissary of the Emperor in the rank of a praetor"). He was only subordinated to the Emperor. In order to accomplish his tasks, he  controlled a large administrative apparatus, a Cohort infantry, and an Ala cavalry

The large administrative body at his service was symbolized by an achievement consisting of a cup or goblet, symbolizing administrative authority, supported by two griffins symbolizing the rank of Praetor, together making “The administration by the grace/support of the Praetor”.

Such an achievement is on the comb excavated at the digging of a tunnel for Chlodwigsplatz Station of the subway in Cologne in the years 2004-’11.

To indicate the presence of the Romans (i.e. the Roman Army)  in Germania Inferior on certain places a Jupiter on horseback was erected. This consisted of a man armed with a thunderbold, trampling his enemy in the from of a man chrouched on the cround. Such sculptues are known from Strasbourg, Donon, Seltz and Tongeren. Later such sculptures developed into sculptures of St. George killing the dragon.

Early Bishops and Archbishops

With biographical notes in German

Heraldry

In the merovingian or carolingian era the tradition of the griffin as a badge of rank for the metropolite of Cologne may have been revived.

Gravestone, 7th-8th century

Nicolaikerk, Appingedam (prov. Groningen)

Decorated with a latin cross in the upper part and (what may be) a griffin sejant in the lower left corner. Because of these decorations the stone may be of one of the 7th-8th century bishops of Cologne.

The griffin sejant (?)

This bishop of Cologne, in his quality of a chancelor of Charlemagne, may have been killed in the Frisian – Frankish wars in which Frisia east of the Lauwers was subdued in 772. In that case Bishop Berethelmus (ruled 762-†772) might be a candidate.

Memorial stone with bust between griffins, 8th. cent..

From Gondorf  (NRW). H. 84 cm

Bonn, Rheinisches Landesmuseum 35.10 [3]

This may be an early portrait of one of the nine 8th century bishops of Cologne having a holy bible in his hand. On his shoulders are pigeons symbolizing a religious office (?). The clipeus is supportted by four protomen of griffins which may indicate his military or secular rank.

 Archbishops of Cologne 795-1238

With some biographical notes in German

Until 1801 the Archbishops of Cologne remained secular rulers.

Bruno I

953-965

Duke of Lorraine 953-?

Archbishop of Cologne 976 - 985 .

Bruno was a brother of Otto the Great

He was also a duke of Lorraine and combined religious and armed authority for the first time.

Seal of Archbishop Bruno of Cologne (Otto 2 IV 79, p. 304).

The archbishop is represented in a dress with a square collar. Probably he keeps a book in his hand.

No tonsure is visible nor a mitre or a crozier.

L.: BRUNO ARC(hie) PISCOPVS

(Köln, Historische Archiv der Statdt Köln, 1 HUA K/3a: 962Dez.25)

Warin von Köln

† 21. September 985

Everger

985-999

Heribert

999-1021

Seal of archbishop Heribert, 1009

Æ 7,2 cm L.: X HERIBERTVS • SERVVS • SCI • PETRI. Urk. 01.03.1009 (Histor. Archiv d Stadt Köln, HUA 5.)

Å Prelate, probably Heribert, in the Sacramentary of king Henry II [1002-14] - München BSB Clm 4456 fol. 33c

In the time of King Henry II of Germany  (1002/1014-†1024) a cloth strewn with medallions of a griffin attacking a bull was made in Cologne. The figure of a griffin (with a ring in its beak) was the badge of rank of an [arch]bishop appointed by the Emperor. For this Heribert of Cologne, who was the imperial chancellor of Emperor Otto III and Henry II, qualifies. The Bull may be the symbol of Boleslaw I of Poland with which Henry II made war from 1002 -1018. [4] This bull has its successor in the arms of Lausitz of which Boleslaw was a margrave after 1002.

Cloth of St Gereon

The Cloth of St Gereon is a mural tapestry of a repeat pattern with a decorative motif of a bull being attacked by a griffin, a fantastic creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle.[1][2] The Cloth of St Gereon is the second oldest known European tapestry still existing, dating to the early 11th century.[3][4][5][6][7] The oldest being Överhogdal tapestries (with no griffins). A number of European museums hold sections of the original cloth, which was cut into fragments in the 19th century.

Description

The seven-color tapestry shows medallions with bulls and griffins in combat. It was probably adapted from Byzantine or Syrian silk textiles. The motifs of the tapestry could also have derived from Sassanian textiles found in Cologne. The addition of oriental themes in the framing reveals a first attempt at variety.[8]

The border design and background are probably the inspiration of Europe, not oriental. They are similar to 11th-century illuminated manuscripts of Cologne and Western Europe. There are no other examples of tapestry similar to this that survive other than the oldest tapestry panel in the cathedral of Halberstadt depicting "Abraham and the Archangel Michael", which was probably woven around 1175 A.D.[2]

The size of the Cloth of Saint Gereon fragment at the Musée des Arts décoratifs de Lyon is 0.74 by 0.76 m.[9] The style of design, which is strong in oriental and Byzantine character, is often also found in woven silks of the eleventh century.[1][7] The colors of the characters now are a faded green, brown, blue and red. The background may have been colored (probably brownish-blue), but this is now undeterminable as it is almost completely faded out.[10] Tapestry historian Hunter says the design is of Byzantine origin, however the weave indicates an oriental maker.[11]

History

Scholars place the area it was made in Cologne in the early part of the 11th century.[3][7][12] The name for the tapestry is taken from the place of origin, the St. Gereon's Basilica in Cologne. It was hung in the church choir area, begun under Arnold II von Wied in 1151 and completed under Heinrich von Molenark in 1227 [2]

The tapestry was cut into four fragments by the leading German art historian Dr. Franz Bock.[13] These were then acquired in or around 1875 by four European museums.[9] The fragments of the Cloth of Saint Gereon are located at the Musée des Arts décoratifs de Lyon (one almost complete roundel with linking lion mask roundel), the Kunstgewerbe-Museum in Berlin, Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg

 (two roundels of the main field, a top segment cut) and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London (bottom and right border).[7][14][15] A large part of the original is now in the museum at Lyon, while smaller parts are at Berlin and Nuremberg.[13] There were several exhibition tours in Paris showing the Lyon museum fragment of the Cloth of St Gereon from 1989 to 1998.[9]

1. a b Thomson, p. 52 "There is a tendency to attribute the earliest example of Western tapestry to German manufacture. This consists of three fragments now deposited in the Museums of Lyons and Nuremberg, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Discovered by Canon Bock in the old church of Saint Gereon at Cologne, these pieces are of extraordinary interest, and have received intense scrutiny from experts in the textile arts. The pattern is a piece of simple repetition. The chief feature is a circular band enclosing animals—a bull, a griffin, and a bird. The background has a foundation pattern of triangles upon which is placed ornament of Byzantine style. A border encloses the whole, and consists of floriated bands issuing from grotesque masks. The animals show a certain Oriental influence, rather strongly marked; but otherwise the style, especially in the border, is distinctively Western."
2. a b c Tapestry: The Origins
3. a b Anzovin, p. 175 "The first European tapestry still extant is the Cloth of St. Gereon, originally created for the Church of St. Gereon in Cologne, Germany. It is a seven-color wool tapestry depicting medallions with fighting bulls and gryphons. Most scholars date the work to circa 1000, based on its decorative ornaments, which resemble those in illuminated books of the time."
4. Stanford, volume 7 "Tapestry" "The oldest of these mural tapestries in existence are fragments from the Church of Saint Gereon in Cologne."
5. Beach, "The oldest existing mural tapestries are no doubt the fragments from the Church of Saint Gereon in Cologne, which were woven in Europe."
6. Thurstan, p. 11 "What is known as the "St. Gereon" tapestry is the oldest surviving piece of Western European tapestry."
7. a b c d The History of Tapestry
8.  Hamlyn, p. 11
9. a b c Musée des Arts décoratifs de Lyon "inventory information" # 22963: fragment; Fragment dit de Saint Gereon de Cologne - textile; Bock Franz
10. Guiffrey, p. 14
11. Hunter, p. 34
12. Encyclopædia Britannica Online - Cloth of Saint Gereon
13. a b H.M.S.O., p. 22
14. Viale, p. 15
15. Hamlyn, p. 15

Sources

Anzovin, Steven, Famous First Facts 2000, item # 3084, H. W. Wilson Company, ISBN 0-8242-0958-3

Beach, Frederick Converse, The Americana: a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world, Volume 15 Oldest Tapestries, Scientific American Compiling Dept., 1908

Guiffrey, Jules, Histoire de la tapisserie: depuis le moyen âge jusqu'à nos jours (French), A. Mame and son, 1886

Hamlyn, Paul, Tapestries - Mercedes Viale, Fratelli Fabbri Editori, Milan 1966

H.M.S.O., Victoria and Albert Museum, The tapestry collection: medieval and renaissance, by George Wingfield Digby, printed by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London 1980

Hunter, George Leland, Tapestries - their Origin, History and Renaissance, John Lane Company, 1912

Stanford, Harold Melvin, The Standard reference work: for the home, school and library, Volume 7, Standard Education Society, 1921

Thurstan, Violetta, A short history of decorative textiles and tapestries, Pepler & Sewell, 1934

Viale, Mercedes, Tapestries - Cameo Series, P. Hamlyn, 1969

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "article name needed".Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Pilgrim

Archbishop of Cologne 1021-†1036

Archchancellor for Italy 1031-†1036

Hermann II.

1036-1056

Anno II

1056-1075

Friedrich I. v. Schwarzenburg

1100-1131

Bruno II von Berg

1131-1137

Arnold I von Randerath

1138-1151

Arnold II von Wied

1151-1156

Rainald von Dassel

1159-1167

Rainald von Dassel as an Inperial Chancellor (1156-1159/1167)

Wax seal on charter, 1156

Æ 4 cm, Æ of the Intaglio Æ 2,5-2,8 cm.

Brown wax with a broad wax rim Braunes (Æ 6,8 cm) on a red silk cord .

Figuer: Griffin. Legend: X reinaldvs romanor(um) impe(er)at (oris) cancel(larius). (Z.d.S.)

Philipp von Heinsberg

1167-1191

Adolf von Altena

1193-1205

Dietrich I von Heinsberg

1208-1212

Engelbert I von Berg

1216-1225

Heinrich I von Molenark

1225-1238

Archbishop-Electors of Cologne, 1238–1803

With some biographical notes in German

Konrad von Hochstaden

*1198-†1261

1238-1261

After his election, Konrad moved to the imperial court in Brescia, where Emperor Frederick II (1220-1250) handed him the regalia at the beginning of August 1238. Konrad followed the pro-staufen tradition of his family. As early as the spring of 1239 he traveled to Italy, but this time to the Curia of Rome. There, in April, he was able to lift his excommunication from the Church and to gain the recognition of his bishop's election by Pope Gregory IX. (Pontificate 1227-1241), This was a diplomatic masterpiece, which was, of course, connected with a subsequent change to the papal camp. In Cologne, Bishop Ludolf von Münster (episcopate 1226-1247) consecrated him in October 1239 as a priest, then as a bishop. Due to the death of Gregory IX. and the following long Sede Vacante he received the Pallium only by the end of May 1244 by Pope Innocent IV (pontificate 1243-1254).

Apparently not long afterwards, the cloth with the griffins and bulls was hung in the choir of St. Gereon’s church. and replaced by the arms with the black cross.



Pfennig of Konrad von Hochstaden

Å

Tomb said to be of Conrad of Hochstaden in Cologne Cathedral. On the black limestone plate with the inscription CONRADUS DE HOCSTEDEN the youthful lying figure of the archbishop. Bronze casting after 1261, created by the Cologne cathedral hut after the French model (Reims), probably the most important bronze work in Germany during this time. Tumba  renewed in 1847.

(LVR-Amt für Denkmalpflege im Rheinland)

Engelbert II von Falkenburg

1261-1274

12?? Arms: Argent, a cross Sable  Legend: larcheuesque de couloigne. Wijnbergen n° 596.

Siegfried II. von Westerburg

1275-1297

Wigbold von Holte

1297-1304

Heinrich II. von Virneburg

1305-1332

1330 Arms: Argent, a cross Sable. Crest: Mitre ensigned with two escutcheons of the arms.

Mainzer Kurfürstenzyklus, 1330. Mainz.

Walram von Jülich

1332-1349

¹/₃ tournose of Walram von Jülich

The arms with the cross pending from a collar about his neck

1334 Argent, a cross Sable. Gelre  fol. 1. n° 1710.

As the arms of the Jülich family were Or, a  lion Sable, these apparently were not borne by Walram.

Wilhelm von Gennep

1349-1362

Arms of Wilhelm von Gennep

Cologne Cathedral

Gelre documents: DIE He. v. GENIP: Or, a saltire between four scissors.  Crest: A crown Guless and a horn Argent garnished Or with a spinal fin [proper?]. (Gelre, fol 88v°, n° 1174)

Wilhelm of Gennep bore his personal arms of Gennep and the cross of Cologne separated

Adolf II. von der Mark

1363-1364

The arms of Mark

In Armorial Bellenville, fol 50v

Arms: Or, a fess chequy Argent and Gules

Crest: a crown and a pair of wings Or

Engelbert III. von der Mark

1364-1368

Double schilling with arms Mark

Sede Vacante

1368-1370

Arms: Argent, a cross Sable.

Crest.: A screen of the arms with a bordure of  peacock’s feathers, between two pennons also of the arms.

Legend.: Cologn^e / die bisscop v. cuelen. (Gelre fol 28 v n° 55.)

In the upper left corner the arms of the three magicians from the east: Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar the relics of which were exposen in Cologne Cathedral.  Æ Three Magi

The archbishop of Cologne and his vassals

Armorial Bellenville, fol 18r

Arms: Argent, a cross Sable.

Crest.: A screen of the arms with a bordure of  peacock’s feathers, between two pennons also of the arms.

Legend: Cölen. Armorial Bellenville, fol. 18r. 1.

The archbishop of Cologne, sede vacante between 1368, date of the death of Engelbert de la Marck, and 1370 date of the election of Frederick of Saarwerden.

Other references: GA 55, Ba 3b. ER 26v, BR 32 (Crest, mitre), 1336 (both with Or fesse Sable), U 2401, GSE.

Friedrich III. von Saarwerden

*1348-†1414

1370-1414

Siegel des Kurfürsten Friedrich von Saarwerden,

Von einer Akte vom 30 April 1372, histor. Archiv der Stadt Köln, HUA 2744. Der Erzbischof wird dargestellt mit dem Wappen von Saarwerden zu seiner Linken und dem des Erzbistums Köln zu seiner Rechten. H. des Siegels 8,5 cm.

Arms: Argent, a cross Sable, in nombril point and escucheon Sable, a two-headed eagle Argent. (Saarwerden).

Crest: A screen of the arms with a bordure of  peacock’s feathers, between two pennons also of the arms.

Legend: die bisscop v. cuelen. Gelre fol. 93 v° n° 1309.

Weißpfennig of Frederick of Saarwerden

The arms of the diocese and the arms of its archbishop combined in one shield.

Arms of Cologne and Saarwerden.

 Burg Kempen (Kreis Viersen, NRW)

Dietrich II. von Moers

1414-1463

The arms of Moers

The arms of Moers were: Or, a fesse Sable.

The arms of Frederic, Lord and, from 1397, Count of Moers (1372-1417) are represented Armorial Gelre, KB. Brussel ms. 15652-56 fol. 88 v° n°1171

The arms of Cologne-Moers

Dietrich combined his peronal arms and te arms of the Archdiocese of Cologne in two ways

1. In a quarterly of Cologne and Moers

2..In the arms of Cologne charged with an escutcheon in nombril point of Moers

The archbishop of Cologne

Mannequin in the Armorial du Toison d´Or et de l´Europe

Arms: Argent, a cross Sable.

Crest: A mitre Gules supported by an angel

Also: Bergshammer, fol. 96 r°, n° 1336: D’arg. à la croix de sa. ch. d’un écu d’or à la fasce de sa., C.: un écran  circulaire aux armes, bordé de plumes de paon entre deux pennons également aux armes., cap. d’arg.

Ruprecht von der Pfalz

*1427-†1480

1463-1480

Ruprecht essentially folllowed the rule to place his family arms on an escutcheon in the middle of the arms of Cologne but there are also some other configurations known described by Hauptmann in Der Deutsche Herold, 1889 pp. 12 & 13. (fig.)

Hermann IV von Hessen

*1449/’50-†1508

1480-1508

Foto H.d.V

Portrait of Herman IV von Hessen, Archbishop of Cologne on a stained glass in Cologne Cathedral.

The archbishop kneeling with mitre and crozier. In front of him his coat of arms:: ¹/₈: 1 Cologne, 2. Hessen; 3. Paderborn; 4. Angria; 5. Westphalia; 6. Ziegenhain 7. Arnsberg; 8. Nidda. (Foto H.d.V.)

The four quarters for Cologne, Angria, Westphalia and Arnsberg are referring to the banners granted to Herman of Hessen in 1495 on the Diet of Worms. From that time the quarters of Angria, Westphalia and Arnsberg were usually placed, together with the cross of Cologne on the backshield.

Philipp II von Dhaun-Oberstein

1508-1515

Foto H.d.V.

Portrait of Philip II von Dhaun-Oberstein, Archbishop of Cologne on a stained glass in Cologne Cathedral.

The archbishop kneeling with mitre and crozier. In front of him his coat of arms supported by a lion Cologne with an escutcheon in nombril point: Or, fretty Gules. Supporter: A lion

Hermann V von Wied

*1477-†1552

1515-1547

Bishop of Paderborn 1532

Arms: ¼: Cologne, Angria, Westphalia and Arnsberg  and an escutcheon Wied: Bendy Or and Gules, a peacock statant, proper.

Crest: A screen of the arms of Cologne bordured of peacock’s feathers and two pennons of the cross of Cologne   (Kalenderblad 1530. 44,5 x 30cm. Köln, Kölnisches Stadmuseum.)

After 1532 as a bishop of  Paderborn: the cross of Paderborn was added

The quarter for Arnsberg should be Gules, an eagle Argent, this was only changed in the 17th century

Arms ¹/₅: 1. Cologne 2. Paderborn; 3. Angria; 4. Westphalia; 5. Arnsberg. Escutceon: Wied.

Crest: As before

Adolf von Schauenburg

*1511-†1560

1547-1556

Arms of Schauenburg

Arms: Argent a bordure dancetty Gules.

Friedrich von Wied

1562-1567

Salentin von Isenburg

1567-1577

Scheme of the arms: As before. The arms of Isenburg: ¼: 1&4: Barry Gules & Argent; 2&3: Argent, two fesses Sable

Gebhard II Truchseß von Waldburg

*1547-†1601

1577-1583

Arms of Gebhard Truchseß by Jost Amman [5]

Arms: ¼: Cologne, Angria, Westphalia and Arnsberg  and an escutcheon Truchseß v. Waldburg: Or, three lions passant Sable

Crest: A screen with two crosses in chief, and a bordure of Peacock’s feathers between two pennons of the crosses of the screen.

On the sinister is a lady with a spear ensigned Truchseß von Waldburg. This may be Agnes v. Mansfeld (* 1551- † 1637).

Ernst von Bayern

1583-1612

Bishop of Liege 1581-1612

Arms of Ernst of Bavaria

Linzer Zollhaus

Arms of the scheme as before, with escutcheon of a ¼ of Wittelsbach and the Palatinate. A crozier and a sword, symbols of religuious and armed authority added in saltire behind the shield.

Achievement of Ernst of Bavaria

Water-colour 43´32,4 cm. Köln, Kölnisches Satdtmuseum

Arms: of the scheme as before with an escutcheon of a ¼ of Wittelsbach and the Palatinate; the shield crested with a mitre and a procession cross, behind the shield a sword and a crozier added in saltire.  A griffin and a lion introduced for supporters.

The text reads:

Ernst vo Gottes gnaden exvoelter zu erzbischoven zu Köln des heyligen Römischen reichs durch Italien Erzkanzler und churfurst bischove zu lüttich administrator zu hildeshaim und freising fürst zu stabe pfalzgrave beij rein in obern und undern bayern zu westphalen engern und bullion herzog. marggrave zu franchimont, grave zu lohen horn und eangien [6]

Ferdinand von Bayern

1612-1650

Arms: of the scheme as before with an escutcheon of a ¼ of Wittelsbach and the Palatinate; the shield crested with an electorrs cap, behind the shield a sword and a crozier added in saltire. 

! The arms of Arnsberg now Azure, an eagle Argent, the Wittelsbach colours!

Maximilian Heinrich von Bayern

1650-1688

Undated taler of Maximilian Heinrich von Bayern 1650-1688, 

Arms: of the scheme as before with an escutcheon of a ¼ of Wittelsbach and the Palatinate; the shield crested with an electors cap, behind the shield a sword and a crozier in saltire. 

In the legend the title of a Landgrafen von Leuchtenberg

Joseph Clemens von Bayern

1688-1723

In 1715 his title was:

Joseph Clement Erß = Bischofen zu Cölln/ deß Heiligen Römischen Reichs durch Italien Erß Canßler und Chur Fuersten / Legaten deß Heil Apostolischen Stuels zu Rein / Bischoffen zu Hildesheimb/ Regenspurg und Lüttich / Administratern deß Gruffts Berchtesgaden/ in Ob: und Nidern Bayrn / auch der Obern Pfalz / in Westphalen / zu Engern und Bouillon Herzogen / Pfalz=Grafen bey Rhein / Land=Grafen zu Leuchtenberg / Margrafen zu Franchimont / Grafen zo Loohe und Horne ec ec [7]

Arms of Joseph Clemens von Bayern

On a copperplate of 1824

Arms: Per fess, the chief per pale of Cologne and Hildesheim, in base the arms of Liege.

Order: The collar and cross of the Michaelsorden

Mantle: Crowned with an electors cap

Below the achievement a procession cross, a crozier and a mitre in saltire

The Order of Saint Michael was founded by Joseph Clemens von Bayern on 29 September 1693.

Achievement of Joseph Clemens von Bayern

On his seal, 1690 ca

Arms: Tierced per fess, the first of Cologne and Freising: Or, a crowned moor’s head proper; the second of Regensburg: Gules a bend Argent, and Minden: Gules, two keys in saltire Argent; the third tierced in pairle of Westphalia, Arnsberg and Angria.

Crown: An electors cap

Supporters: A procession cross, a crozier and a sword in saltire and two lions guardant.

Clemens August von Bayern

Archbishop Elector of Cologne 1723-1761

Prince-bishop of Paderborn, Münster, Hildesheim and Osnabrück 1723-1761

Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order 1732-1761

A shield quarterly of the arms of  1.Cologne, 2. Hildesheim, 3 Paderborn and Osnabrück and 4. Munster

Achievement of Clemens August von Bayern, 1746

ÆSee also: Teutonic Order

Maximilian Friedrich von Königsegg-Rothenfels

*1708-†1784

1761-1784

Achievement of Maximilian Friedrich von Königsegg

On a publication 1783

Arms of Königseck

Arms: Per bend lozengy Or and Gules.

Maximilian Franz Xaver von Österreich

*1756- †1801

1784-1801

The arms of Maximilian Franz von Österreich

On the header of the Arnsberger Intelligenzblatt, 3 September 1793

Arms: Per fess of Cologne and Münster; charged with the cross of the Teutonic order; in nombril point the arms of an archduke of Austria.

Crown: An elector’s cap

Mantle: Purpure, etc.

Supporters: A sword and a crozier in saltire

Maximilian Franz Xaver on the bier

On the printed funeral oration of father Pfarrer Georg Peter Höpfner, Mergentheim.

Etching and engraving of the  Klauber Brothers (after G. Gisser June. 1801)

In the upper register his coat of arms, on the table the crown of an archduke, an elector’s cap, of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order and of a princebishop (of Münster). On te lower march his helmet of a knght ands his sword and on the left and the right the mitres of an archbishop and a bishop,  a crozier and  a procession cross.

Archdiocese                                       

1801/1803 -present

After 1795, the archbishopric's territories on the left bank of the Rhine were occupied by France, and were formally annexed in 1801. The Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803 secularized the rest of the archbishopric, giving the Duchy of Westphalia to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Anton Victor of Austria was chosen on 9 September 1801 as Prince-Bishop of Münster and on 7 October as Archbishop and Prince Elector of Cologne.

The arms of the archdiocese of Cologne, reconstructed in about 1900