Albrecht V. (Bavaria)

Albrecht V. (* 29. February 1528 in Munich; † 24. October 1579 in Munich) was duke of Bavaria 1550 to 1579.

Albrecht was son of the duke William IV.. It followed 1550 its father in the government, after it itself 1546with the daughter of the king Ferdinand, Anna (1528-1590), had ground.

It promoted the arts and justified the art collections in Munich. It appointed the famous musician Orlando di Lasso, furthermore painter and Kupferstecher to its yard. It developed large splendour and wasteful luxuryand loaded itself thereby with tremendous debts (½ Mill.Flat steel bar.), although it pressed the country by editions.

In the church question it arose under the influence of the Jesuiten ever more strictly against the lutherischen innovations and exterminated it gradually completely. It was thatEducator and guardian of Philipp II. of bathing, the later Mark count von Baden, as well as its sister Jakobe of bathing, the after times duchess Jülich Kleve mountain.

descendant

Albrecht V. 1546 Anna ( 1528-1590) married, the daughter of emperor Ferdinand I..Together they had the following descendants:

  • Karl (1547)
  • William V. (1548-1626)
  • Ferdinand (1550-1608) - marries (morg.) with Marie Pettemberg; Descendant: Count von Wartenberg (until 1736)
  • Maria (1551-1608) - Karl marries II. with ore duke.
  • Maximiliana Maria (1552-1614)
  • Friedrich (1553-1554)
  • Ernst (1554-1612), archbishop of Cologne
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