Ernest of Bavaria
| Ernest of Bavaria | |
|---|---|
| Prince-Elector-Archbishop of Cologne | |
Portrait by Hans Werl, now in the Alte Pinakothek (c. 1601) | |
| Reign | April 1583 – 17 February 1612 |
| Predecessor | Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg |
| Successor | Ferdinand of Bavaria |
| Born | 17 December 1554 Munich, Duchy of Bavaria |
| Died | 17 February 1612 (aged 57) Arnsberg, Archbishopric of Cologne |
| Burial | |
| House | Wittelsbach |
| Father | Albert V, Duke of Bavaria |
| Mother | Anna von Habsburg |
Wittelsbach-Hapsburg aristocrat Ernest of Bavaria (German: Ernst von Bayern) (17 December 1554 – 17 February 1612) was Prince-Elector-Archbishop of the Archbishopric of Cologne and, as such, Archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Westphalia, from 1583 to 1612 as successor of the expelled Archbishop Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg.
He was also simultaneously Prince-Bishop of Münster, Hildesheim, Freising, and Liège, Count of Loon, and Prince-Abbot of Savelot. In Freising ,he had already become bishop by the age of 12.