Biography of Archbishop Ferdinand Wittelsbach 1577-1650

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On 22nd February 1568 [his father] William Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 19) and [his mother] Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria (age 23) were married at Munich. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Francis Lorraine I Duke Lorraine and [his grandmother] Christina Oldenburg Duchess Lorraine (age 46). He the son of [his grandfather] Albert V Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 39) and [his grandmother] Anna Habsburg Spain Duchess Bavaria (age 39). They were second cousins.

On 6th October 1577 Archbishop Ferdinand Wittelsbach was born to [his father] William Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 29) and [his mother] Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria (age 33). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.86%.

On 24th October 1579 [his grandfather] Albert V Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 51) died. His son [his father] William (age 31) succeeded V Duke Bavaria.

In 1595 [his brother] Cardinal Philipp Wilhelm Wittelsbach (age 18) was appointed Bishop Regensburg.

On 6th February 1595 [his brother] Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria (age 21) and [his sister-in-law] Elisabeth Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria (age 20) were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. She the daughter of [his uncle] Charles "The Great" Lorraine III Duke Lorraine (age 51) and Claude Valois Duchess Lorraine. He the son of [his father] William Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 46) and [his mother] Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria (age 50). They were first cousins.

In 1597 [his brother] Cardinal Philipp Wilhelm Wittelsbach (age 20) was appointed Cardinal.

On 18th May 1598 [his brother] Cardinal Philipp Wilhelm Wittelsbach (age 21) died.

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William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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On 22nd May 1602 [his mother] Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria (age 58) died.

In 1612 Archbishop Ferdinand Wittelsbach (age 34) was appointed Archbishop Cologne.

On 8th March 1616 [his sister] Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress (age 41) died.

On 17th February 1626 [his father] William Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 77) died. His son [his brother] Maximilian (age 52) succeeded Maximillian I Duke Bavaria.

On 15th July 1635 [his brother] Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria (age 62) and [his sister-in-law] Maria Anna Habsburg Spain Duchess Bavaria (age 25) were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. The difference in their ages was 36 years. She the daughter of Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor (age 57) and [his sister] Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress. He the son of [his father] William Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria and [his mother] Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria. They were uncle and niece.

On 13th September 1650 Archbishop Ferdinand Wittelsbach (age 72) died.

Ancestors of Archbishop Ferdinand Wittelsbach 1577-1650

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabetta Visconti Duchess Bavaria

Great x 2 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach IV Duke Bavaria 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Eric Brunswick Grubenhagen 1st Duke Brunswick Grubenhagen 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna Brunswick Grubenhagen Duchess Bavaria 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Wittelsbach IV Duke Bavaria 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest "The Iron" Habsburg I Duke Austria

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cymburgis Masovia Duchess Austria

Great x 2 Grandmother: Kunigunde Habsburg Duchess Bavaria 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward "The Philosopher" I King Portugal Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Aviz Holy Roman Empress 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandFather: Albert V Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles I Margrave Baden 9 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Christopher I Margrave Baden 10 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine of Austria

Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Baden 1st Margrave Baden 11 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philipp II the Younger of Katzenelnbogen

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ottilie of Nassau-Dillenburg

Great x 1 Grandmother: Marie Jakobaea Baden Duchess Bavaria 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis IV Count Palatine of the Rhine 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Elector Palatinate 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Savoy 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elisabeth of the Palatinate 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis IX Duke of Bavaria 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret of Bavaria 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Amalia of Saxony 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Father: William Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Maximilian Habsburg I Holy Roman Emperor 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Aviz Holy Roman Empress 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles "Bold" Valois Duke Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Valois Duchess Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Bourbon 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John II King Aragon 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand II King Aragon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Juana Enríquez Queen Consort Aragon 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John II King Castile Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Queen Castile 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Aviz Queen Consort Castile 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Anna Habsburg Spain Duchess Bavaria 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Władysław II Jagiełło

Great x 3 Grandfather: Casimir IV King Poland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia of Halshany

Great x 2 Grandfather: Vladislaus II King Hungary 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elisabeth Habsburg Queen Consort Poland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Luxemburg Duchess Austria 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Jagiellon 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Foix 1st Earl Kendal 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gaston de Foix 2nd Earl Kendal 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Kerdeston Countess Foix 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anna Foix Queen Consort of Hungary and Bohemia 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gaston IV Count Foix

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine of Foix Countess Kendal 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Navarre 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Archbishop Ferdinand Wittelsbach 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Antoine Count of Vaudémont 8 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Lorraine Count Vaudémont 9 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Countess of Harcourt

Great x 2 Grandfather: René Lorraine II Duke Lorraine Duke of Bar 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: René Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande Valois Anjou 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Metz Duchess Anjou I Duchess Lorraine 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Antoine Lorraine II Duke Lorraine 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnold Egmont Duke Guelders

Great x 3 Grandfather: Adolf Egmont 2nd Duke Guelders 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine La Marck 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippa Egmont Duchess of Bar Duchess Lorraine 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Bourbon Duchess Guelders 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Valois Duchess Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: Francis Lorraine I Duke Lorraine 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Gilbert Bourbon Count of Monpensier 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bertrand V of La Tour

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gabrielle La Tour

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquette du Peschin Dame de Banassat

Great x 1 Grandmother: Renée Bourbon Duchess Lorraine 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ludovico III Gonzaga Marquis of Mantua

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederico Gonzaga Marquess Mantua

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara of Brandenburg Marquise of Mantua

Great x 2 Grandmother: Clara Gonzaga 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Wittelsbach 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Brunswick Grubenhagen Duchess Bavaria 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Mother: Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Dietrich Count of Oldenburg

Great x 3 Grandfather: Christian I King of Denmark

Great x 4 Grandmother: Helvig of Schauenburg

Great x 2 Grandfather: John King of Denmark Norway and Sweden

Great x 4 Grandfather: John "The Alchemist" Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothea of Brandenburg

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg

Great x 1 Grandfather: Christian II King of Denmark II King Norway 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick II Duke Saxony 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ernest Elector Saxony 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret of Austria

Great x 2 Grandmother: Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England