Anselm Franz von Ingelheim (16 September 1634 – 30 March 1695) was Archbishop-Elector of Mainz from 1679 until his death in 1695. Anselm became prince-bishop of

Mainz Mainz (; #Names and etymology, see below) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and with around 223,000 inhabitants, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 35th-largest city. It lies in ...

on 7 November 1679 and thus was an elector of the

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. He crowned the empress

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, the wife of emperor Leopold I, in 1689 and one year later their son Joseph I, as the King of Hungary. The sixteen-year reign of Anselm Franz was clouded by the constant effort around peace and neutrality and the devastation of the

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, which caused him to live in exile in

Aschaffenburg Aschaffenburg (; Hessian: ''Aschebersch'', ) is a town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg, despite being its administrative seat, is not part of the district of Aschaffenburg. Aschaffenburg belonged to the Archbishopric ...

. He died there in 1695.

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Archbishop Anselm Franz von Ingelheim
at ''Catholic-Hierarchy.org'' 1634 births 1695 deaths Archbishop-electors of Mainz {{Germany-noble-stub