Eitel Frederick von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen explained

Eitel Frederick von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen should not be confused with Friedrich von Hohenzollern.

Type:Cardinal
Church:Roman Catholic
Created Cardinal By:Paul V
Cardinal:11 January 1621
Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück
Birth Date:25 September 1582
Predecessor:Philip Sigismund
Successor:Francis of Wartenberg
Appointed:19 April 1623
Consecration:29 October 1623
Consecrated By:Attilio Amalteo
Birth Place:Sigmaringen
Death Place:Iburg Castle, Bad Iburg
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
The Most Reverend

Eitel Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (25 September 1582 – 19 September 1625) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal-Priest and Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück. He was a son of Charles II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and thus a member of the noble and ancient Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen family.

On the 15 December 1620 Pope Gregory XV created him Cardinal in pectore, he was publicly proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna on 11 Jan 1621. He was appointed Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück on 28 April 1623.[1] On the 29 October 1623 he chose to become a priest and was ordained.

He was never styled Eminence as this was only done after his death in 1630.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whaley, Joachim . Germany and the Holy Roman Empire: Volume I: Maximilian I to the Peace of Westphalia, 1493-1648 . 2011-11-24 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-161721-8 . 587–589 . en.