Jacob Chimarrhaeus (1542–1614) was

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Rudolph II Rudolf II (18 July 1552 – 20 January 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg), Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576–16 ...

Life

Chimarrhaeus was a native of

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in the

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who became a singer in the

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of Rudolph II and was promoted first to chaplain and later to almoner. He was also made a Knight of the Golden Spur and a

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of the Holy Roman Empire, and became provost of the Church of St Severin in Cologne. He died in Prague in 1614 but is commemorated in Cologne with a marble and alabaster monument in St Severin carved by Johann in der Müllen.Epitaph für Jacob Chimarrhaeus
Förderverein Romanische Kirchen Köln. Accessed 9 December 2016.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chimarrhaeus, Jacob 1542 births 1614 deaths People from Roermond Clergy from the Spanish Netherlands