Philip II of Daun-Oberstein (1463 - 1515) was the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne from 1508 until 1515.

Early Life

Philip II of Daun

Daun, Germany

Daun is a town in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the district seat and also the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde of Daun.- Location :...

-Oberstein

Idar-Oberstein

Idar-Oberstein is a town in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. As a Große kreisangehörige Stadt , it assumes some of the responsibilities that for smaller municipalities in the district are assumed by the district administration...

 was the fourth son of Graf

Graf

Graf is a historical German noble title equal in rank to a count or a British earl...

Wirich IV of Daun-Oberstein and his wife Margaretha of Leiningen. As a younger son, he was groomed for a career in the church from an early age. He became a canon

Canon (priest)

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 of Cologne Cathedral

Cologne Cathedral

Cologne Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and is a World Heritage Site...

, and then became Domscholaster of the cathedral chapter

Cathedral chapter

In accordance with canon law, a cathedral chapter is a college of clerics formed to advise a bishop and, in the case of a vacancy of the episcopal see in some countries, to govern the diocese in his stead. These councils are made up of canons and dignitaries; in the Roman Catholic church their...

 in 1488, and then dean of Cologne Cathedral in 1489. He was also made a canon of the Cathedral of Trier

Cathedral of Trier

The Cathedral of Saint Peter is a church in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the oldest cathedral in the country. The edifice is notable for its extremely long life span under multiple different eras each contributing some elements to its design, including the center of the main chapel...

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Archbishop of Cologne

On November 13, 1508, the cathedral chapter of Cologne Cathedral elected Philip II to be the new Archbishop of Cologne after the main rival candidate, Eric of Saxe-Lauenburg (later Prince-Bishop of Münster), withdrew. He received papal confirmation on January 31, 1509 and received was consecrated as a bishop by Erard de La Marck

Erard de la Marck

Erard de la Marck was prince-bishop of Liège from 1506 till 1538. He was the third son of Robert I de la Marck, lord of Sedan and Bouillon....

, Prince-Bishop of Liège, on November 14, 1509. He continued the policies of his predecessor Hermann IV of Hesse

Hermann IV of Hesse

Hermann IV of Hesse was Archbishop-Elector of Cologne from 1480 to 1508 and Prince-Bishop of Paderborn from 1498 to 1508.-Early years, 1450–1473:...

, and inherited from him the controversy surrounding the independence of the city of Cologne. Philip's provincial synods are well-known.

Philip died in Bonn

Bonn

Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....

in 1515, and was buried next to Herman IV of Hesse in Cologne Cathedral.