| LC control no. | n 80056922 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Albrecht, of Brandenburg, Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, Cardinal, 1490-1545 |
| Variant(s) | Albert, of Brandenburg, Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, Cardinal, 1490-1545 Albrecht, von Brandenburg, Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, Cardinal, 1490-1545 Albrecht von Brandenburg, Cardinal, Abp. and Elector of Mainz, 1490-1545 Brandenburg, Albrecht von, 1490-1545 Albert, of Mainz, Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, Cardinal, 1490-1545 Albertus, Princeps Elector, Archiepiscopus Moguntianus ac Magdeburgensis, 1490-1545 |
| Other standard no. | 0000000066518612 |
| Biography/History note | Albrecht of Brandenburg (1490-1545) was the Archbishop of Mainz who authorized the sale of indulgences in Germany, which prompted Martin Luther to post his historic 95 theses at Wittenberg. |
| Located | Halle an der Saale (Germany) |
| Birth date | 1490-06-28 |
| Death date | 1545-09-24 |
| Place of birth | Berlin (Germany) |
| Place of death | Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) |
| Affiliation | Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) |
| Profession or occupation | Electors (Kurfürsten) Bishops |
| Found in | Roesgen, M. von. Kardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg, 1980: title page (Albrecht von Brandenburg) New Catholic encyclopedia. Second edition: volume 1, page 233 (Albrecht of Brandenburg; Cardinal Archbishop of Mainz, Elector of the Holy Roman Empire; born June 28, 1490, in Berlin; died September 24, 1545, in Mainz; became Archbishop of Magdeburg in 1513; founded the University of Halle in 1531) Price, David. Albrecht Dürer's Renaissance, 2003: page 237 (Albrecht of Brandenburg) Kren, Thomas. Illuminating the Renaissance, 2003: page 456 (Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, archbishop and elector of Mainz) page 457 (Cardinal Albrecht) Der Kardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg, Renaissancefürst und Mäzen, 2006: volume 1, title page (Albrecht von Brandenburg) volume 1, page 12 (Archbishop of Mainz and Magdeburg, Cardinal of the Roman Curia, Imperial Chancellor and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire; Halle was his favored residence from 1513 to 1541) German Wikipedia, viewed November 13, 2015 (Albrecht Kardinal von Brandenburg; born June 28, 1490, in Cölln an der Spree (now part of Berlin); died September 24, 1545, at the Martinsburg in Mainz) Oxford encyclopedia of the Reformation, 1996: volume 1, page 15 (Albert of Brandenburg, 1490-1545) page16 (Albrecht von Mainz; Kardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg) Melanchthon, Philip. Commentarii in Epistolam Pauli ad Romanos, 1533: fol A2r (Serenissimo et illustrissimo Pri[n]cipi ac Domino D. Alberto Ecclesiae Romanae, Principi Electori , Archiepiscopo Moguntiano ac Magdeburge[n]si ... |
| Associated language | ger |
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