Albert II of Saxe-Wittenberg
Roman Catholic bishop
About Albert II of Saxe-Wittenberg
Lived 1285 – 1342 (aged 56–57). Albert II of Saxe-Wittenberg was a German catholic priest, catholic bishop and bishop.
Bistumswappen of Passau.Albert II of Saxony-Wittenberg (* around 1285, - 19 May 1342 in Passau) was from 1320 to 1342 Bishop of Passau.
Life Albert was the third son of Elector Albrecht II of Saxony and the Agnes of Habsburg, a daughter of King Rudolf von Habsburg. For a spiritual career, he was canon of Mainz and minister of St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna. Pope John XXII made Albert the Bishop of Passau in 1320. In the battle for the throne between Ludwig the Bavarian and Frederick the Beautiful, he stood on the side of his Habsburg cousin Friedrick, whom he also supported in 1322 in the Battle of Mühldorf. In Passau he rebuilt the Neumarkt, destroyed in 1298, and city hall, which had been forfeited to the Bishop after the rebellion against Bernhard of Prambach, was sold back to the citizens of Passau.
He is buried in Passau Cathedral.
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Who was Albert II of Saxe-Wittenberg?
Roman Catholic bishop
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Albert II of Saxe-Wittenberg was born in 1285.
When did Albert II of Saxe-Wittenberg die?
Albert II of Saxe-Wittenberg died on 19 May 1342 in Passau.
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Albert II of Saxe-Wittenberg was a catholic priest, catholic bishop and bishop.
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Albert II of Saxe-Wittenberg was German.
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