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About William Egon of Fürstenberg
Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg was a German count and later prince of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg in the Holy Roman Empire. He was a clergyman who became bishop of Strasbourg, and was heavily involved in European politics after the Thirty Years' War. He worked for the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and Louis XIV of France at the same time, and was arrested and tried for treason for convincing the Elector to fight on the opposite side of a war from the Empire.
Everything about William Egon of Fürstenberg →- Occupation
- Catholic priest, Catholic bishop, bishop
- Position held
- cardinal, Roman Catholic Bishop of Metz, Roman Catholic Bishop of Strasbourg, Q131914803
- Born
- December 2, 1629
- Died
- April 10, 1704