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Hermann of Wied | |
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Archbishop-Elector of Cologne | |
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Church | Lutheran (from 1542) Roman Catholic (until 1542) |
Archdiocese | Cologne |
See | Cologne |
Appointed | 14 March 1515 |
Term ended | 16 April 1546 |
Predecessor | Philip II of Daun-Oberstein |
Successor | Adolf III of Schauenburg |
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Born | 14 January 1477 |
Died | 15 August 1552 (aged 75) |
Hermann of Wied (German: Hermann von Wied) (14 January 1477 – 15 August 1552) was the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne from 1515 to 1546.
In 1521, he supported a punishment for German reformer Martin Luther, but later opened up one of the Holy Roman Empire's most important archbishoprics to the Protestant Reformation.