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After their father's death in 1499, Albert's older brother Joachim I Nestor became elector of Brandenburg while Albert held only the title of a margrave of Brandenburg. Albert studied at the university of Frankfurt (Oder), and in 1513 became Archbishop of Magdeburg at the age of 23 and administrator of the Diocese of Halberstadt.
The acquisition in 1514 of the very influential Archbishopric- Electorate of Mainz for Albert was a coup that provided the Hohenzollerns with control over two of the seven electoral votes in imperial elections and many suffragan dioceses to levy dues.
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Albert was a margrave of Brandenburg, cardinal, and elector of Mainz, a liberal patron of the arts known chiefly as the object of the reformer Martin Luther’s attacks concerning the sale of indulgences. Albert was the younger son of John Cicero, elector of Brandenburg. Albert became archbishop of.
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Hohenzollern dynasty. Joachim I Nestor (born Feb. 24, 1484—died July 11, 1535, Kölln an der Spree, Brandenburg) was the elector of Brandenburg, an opponent of the Habsburg emperors, yet a devout Roman Catholic who prevented the spread of Protestantism in his lands during his lifetime. Joachim at first supported Francis I of France at the ...
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Born in Cölln on the Spree, now a central part of Berlin, into the ruling House of Hohenzollern, Albert was the younger son of John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg and Margaret of Thuringia. After their father's death in 1499, Albert's older brother Joachim I Nestor became elector of Brandenburg while Albert held only the *le of a margrave of Brandenburg. Albert studied at the university of Frankfurt (Oder), and in 1513 became Archbishop of Magdeburg at the age of 23 and administrator of the D...
Albert as a patron of the arts
He became a friend of science and a patron of the arts. As a patron of learning, he counted Erasmus among his friends. However, Albert's ideas about founding a Catholic university in Halle were not implemented. Nonetheless he adorned Halle Cathedral and Mainz Cathedral in sumptuous fashion, and took as his motto the words Domine, dilexi decorem domus tuae (Latin for "I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house", from Psalm 25:8). Matthias Grünewald and Lucas Cranach the Elder created magnif...
Death
Albert died at the Martinsburg, Mainz in 1545. His tomb is in Mainz Cathedral.
J. May, Der Kurfürst, Kardinal, und Erzbischof Albrecht II. von Mainz und Magdeburg(Munich, 1865–1875)W. Schum, Kardinal Albrecht von Mainz und die Erfurter Kirchenreformation(Halle, 1878)P. Redlich, Kardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg, und das neue Stift zu Halle (Mainz, 1900).Media related to Albrecht of Brandenburg at Wikimedia CommonsReformationLutheranismHeidelberg Disputation, 1518Hans and Margarethe Luther (parents)All Saints' Church, WittenbergAlbert (June 28, 1490 - September 24, 1545), elector and archbishop of Mainz (Germany), and archbishop of Magdeburg, was the younger son of John Cicero, elector of Brandenburg. Having studied at the university of Frankfurt an der Oder, he entered the ecclesiastical profession, and in 1513 became archbishop of Magdeburg and administrator of the ...
A couple of different forms of corruption can be spotted in Albert of Mainz's career. For one thing, Albert was already the bishop of Brandenburg at the age of 24 and then became the Archbishop of ...
