Jakob von Eltz-Rübenach (1510–1581) was the

Archbishop-Elector of Trier The Diocese of Trier (), in English historically also known as ''Treves'' () from French ''Trèves'', is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic church in Germany.Eltz The House of Eltz is a noted German noble family, belonging to the ''Uradel''. The Rhenish dynasty has had close ties to the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia since 1736. History Though older sources mentioned one Eberhard zu Eltz, a Frankish citize ...

-Rübenach was born in Burg Eltz in 1510, the second son of Johann von und zu Eltz and his wife Maria von Breitbach. Jakob von Eltz-Rübenach began his career in the church in 1523 when he became a ''Domizellar'' of the

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. He later studied

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and

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at the

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, the University of Leuven, and the

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. He gained a

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of the Cathedral of Trier on 15 September 1525. He was elected

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of the cathedral on 30 June 1547 and as

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on 13 October 1547. He was

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as a

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on 6 April 1550. He was opposed to the

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cause, speaking out at the 1556 Reichstag in

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and at the 1557 Colloquy of Worms. In 1564, he became rector of the

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dominated

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. In 1565, he required all students and faculty to subscribe to the

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as required by the

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'' Iniunctum nobis''. Following the death of Archbishop of Trier Johann von der Leyen, the

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of the Cathedral of Trier met in

Wittlich Wittlich (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Wittlech'') is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany, the seat of the Bernkastel-Wittlich Districts of Germany, district. Its historic town centre and the beauty of the sur ...

on 7 April 1567 and elected Jakob von Eltz-Rübenach as the new Archbishop of Trier.

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confirmed his appointment on 22 August 1567; he was

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as a

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of Trier on 17 April 1569. A noted proponent of the

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, he played a role in reforming a number of monasteries in the archbishopric. He successfully had

Prüm Abbey Prüm Abbey is a former Order of Saint Benedict, Benedictine abbey in Prüm, now in the diocese of Trier (Germany), founded by the Franks, Frankish widow Bertrada of Prüm, Bertrada the elder and her son Caribert of Laon, Charibert, Count of Laon, ...

incorporated into the archbishopric in 1574. He died in

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on 4 June 1581 and is buried in the Cathedral of Trier.

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completed an altar at his grave in 1597.

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