Agnes von Mansfeld-Eisleben

Agnes von Mansfeld-Eisleben
Agnes von Mansfeld-Eisleben
Born	1551 Mansfeld, County of Mansfeld in the Holy Roman Empire
Died	1637 Sulzbach
Occupation	Calvinist canoness (even though she was herself from a Lutheran background)
Known for	Her marriage to the archbishop of the Diocese of Cologne triggered the Cologne War
Spouse	Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Elector of Cologne
Parent(s)	Johann (Hans) Georg I, of Mansfeld-Eisleben (1515  – 14 August 1579) and Katharina of Mansfeld-Hinterort (1521/1525  – 1580/1583)
Family	Karl von Mansfeld (cousin)

Agnes von Mansfeld-Eisleben (1551–1637) was Countess of Mansfeld and the daughter of Johann (Hans) Georg I, of Mansfeld Eisleben. She converted Gebhard, Seneschal of Waldburg, the Prince-Elector of Electorate of Cologne and archbishop of the Diocese of Cologne to the Protestant faith, leading to the Cologne War (1583–1588).

After a multiple year odyssey in which she and her husband sought refuge in several parts of northern Germany, Gebhard relinquished his claim on the Electorate. They settled in Strassbourg, where he had retained a position in the Cathedral chapter. After his death in 1601, she came under the protection of the Duke of Wūrttemberg, who had himself been chased from his duchy. She died in 1637.