Wilhelm Egon Cardinal von Fürstenberg †

Deceased

Bishop of Strasbourg, France

Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Dec 1629		Born
Sep 1663³	33.7	Selected	Bishop of Metz, France
8 Jun 1682	52.5	Selected	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
11 Jan 1683	53.1	Confirmed	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
1 May 1683	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Strasbourg, France
2 Sep 1686	56.7	Elevated to Cardinal
14 Nov 1689	59.9	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
9 Apr 1704³	74.3	Died	Bishop of Strasbourg, France

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg
(VIAF: 76391951; WikiData: Q70876)
Wilhelm Egon Cardinal von Fürstenberg (born 2 Dec 1629, died 9 Apr 1704) Bishop of Strasbourg

Consistory - 1686: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1689: Participated
Conclave - 1691: Unable to Participate
Conclave - 1700: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Heiligenberg, Germany
Ordained Bishop Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
Death Place Saint-Germain des Prés, Abbey, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris
Buried Place (Original) Saint-Germain des Prés, Abbey, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris

a bishop for 20.9 years
a cardinal for 17.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ercole Visconti †
Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johann Heinrich von Anethan †
Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria
Bishop Maximilian Burmann †
Titular Bishop of Diocletiana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Ercole Visconti † (1678)
Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis
Carlo Cardinal Pio di Savoia † (1655)
Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
Giambattista Cardinal Spada † (1643)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna
Marcantonio Cardinal Franciotti † (1637)
Bishop of Lucca
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Martin de Ratabon † (1693)
Armand-Gaston-Maximilien Cardinal de Rohan de Soubise † (1701)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Heiligenberg, Germany
Ordained Bishop	Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
Death Place	Saint-Germain des Prés, Abbey, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris
Buried Place (Original)	Saint-Germain des Prés, Abbey, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris

Source(s):

b/c2: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1683, Number 6
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 2 Sep 1686
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 240

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