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Charles of Austria (bishop of Wrocław)

1590–1624 · 17th century

Archduke Charles of Austria (1590–1624), a son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria, was Bishop of Wrocław from 1608, Bishop of Brixen from 1613 and from 1619 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order. A leading figure of the Counter-Reformation in Silesia, he founded a Jesuit college in Nysa, the seat of the bishops' duchy. He died in Madrid in 1624 while on a mission to the Spanish court.

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Duchy of Nysa

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