Count Franz von Waldeck was Prince-Bishop of Münster, Osnabrück, and Minden in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. He suppressed the Münster Rebellion, a millenarian Anabaptist theocratic insurrection which occupied the fortified city of Münster.

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Occupation: Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
Position held: Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück, Roman Catholic Bishop of Münster, Roman Catholic Bishop of Minden, diocesan administrator
Citizenship: Germany
Born: July 7, 1488
Died

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Francis of Waldeck

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Occupation: Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
Position held: Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück, Roman Catholic Bishop of Münster, Roman Catholic Bishop of Minden, diocesan administrator
Citizenship: Germany
Born: July 7, 1488
Died