Georg Marschalk von Ebnet

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Georg Marschalk von Ebnet (died 1505) was the Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1503 to 1505.

The Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg was an ecclesiastical State of the Holy Roman Empire. It goes back to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bamberg established at the 1007 synod in Frankfurt, at the behest of King Henry II to further expand the spread of Christianity in the Franconian lands. The bishops obtained the status of Imperial immediacy about 1245 and ruled their estates as Prince-bishops until they were subsumed to the Electorate of Bavaria in the course of the German Mediatisation in 1802.

Biography

Georg Marschalk von Ebnet was a member of the Marschalk von Ebnet family, which derived its name from being hereditary Marshal of Ebnet, now a district of Burgkunstadt.^[1]

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The cathedral chapter of Bamberg Cathedral elected Marschalk von Ebnet to be Prince-Bishop of Bamberg on 19 September 1503.^[2] Pope Julius II confirmed his appointment on 11 December 1503.^[2]

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Pope Julius II, born Giuliano della Rovere, and nicknamed "The Fearsome Pope" and "The Warrior Pope", was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 November 1503 to his death in 1513. His nine-year pontificate was marked by an active foreign policy, ambitious building projects, and patronage of the arts. His military and diplomatic interventions averted a take-over by France of the Italian States. He also proved a bulwark against Venetian expansionism.

He died on 30 January 1505 without ever having been consecrated as a bishop.^[2]

A bishop is an ordained, consecrated, or appointed member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight.

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Preceded by Veit Truchseß von Pommersfelden	Prince-Bishop of Bamberg 1503–1505	Succeeded by Georg Schenk von Limpurg

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