Wittelsbach-Hapsburg aristocrat Ernest of Bavaria was Prince-Elector-Archbishop of the Archbishopric of Cologne and, as such, Archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Westphalia, from 1583 to 1612 as successor of the expelled Archbishop Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg.
- Occupation
- Catholic priest, Catholic bishop, Prince-Elector, collector of Paracelsus manuscripts
- Position held
- Prince-Elector, Roman Catholic Bishop of Hildesheim, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cologne, diocesan bishop
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Born
- December 17, 1554
- Died