Karl II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Karl II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn

Prince-Bishop of Olomouc

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1623

Place of Birth: KĹ‚odzko, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 23-Sep-1695

Profession: Catholic priest

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Karl II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn

  • Karl II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn (1623–1695) was a Catholic priest and prince-bishop.
  • In 1655 he was ordained priest in the Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg (a part of today's Austria).
  • Between 1664 and 1695 he served as Prince-Bishop of Olomouc in the Moravia (a part of today's Czech Republic).
  • A cultured man who employed in his Kapelle Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, the virtuoso violinist and composer, he was also among other things a collector of music, and maintained close ties with the imperial court in Vienna throughout his career. In the period of his episcopacy many people were executed for alleged witchcraft, including the dean Christoph Alois Lautner who was sentenced to death and burned alive by the inquisition court in which also the personal secretary of the archbishop Karl was the member.

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