Person

Erhard von Queis

d. 1529 · 16th century

Erhard von Queis was bishop of Pomesania in Prussia from 1523 until his death in 1529. A lawyer from Silesia, he adopted Lutheranism and introduced reforms in his diocese. After the Teutonic Order's state became the secular Duchy of Prussia in 1525, he surrendered his secular rule to Duke Albert in 1527.

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Bishopric of Pomesania

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