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Georg von Schönenberg

German prince-bishop

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionOct 28, 2024
Entity authorityQ1506687 ↗
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Georg von Schönenberg (1530 – 11 August 1595) was the Prince-Bishop of Worms from 1581 to 1595. He was appointed bishop on January 16, 1581, and died in office on August 11, 1595.

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Georg von Schönenberg is numismatically significant, as during his reign as Prince-Bishop of Worms he minted coins at Neuleiningen.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1530, 1595, 1581—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1530-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Georg, Schönenberg and German can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Georg von Schönenberg” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.