Anselm Franz von Ingelheim
Archbishop of Mainz
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseElectorate of Mainz
In office1679–1695
Personal details
Born16 September 1634
Died30 March 1695

Anselm Franz von Ingelheim (16 September 1634 30 March 1695) was Archbishop-Elector of Mainz from 1679 until his death in 1695.

Anselm Franz von Ingelheim,  Archbishop of Mainz, depicted on a Mainz, German States 10 Ducat coin (1682)
Anselm Franz von Ingelheim, Archbishop of Mainz, depicted on a Mainz, German States 10 Ducat coin (1682)

Anselm became prince-bishop of Mainz on 7 November 1679 and thus was an elector of the Holy Roman Empire. He crowned the empress Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg, the wife of emperor Leopold I, in 1689 and one year later their son Joseph I, as the King of Hungary.

The sixteen-year reign of Anselm Franz was clouded by the constant effort around peace and neutrality and the devastation of the War of the Grand Alliance, which caused him to live in exile in Aschaffenburg. He died there in 1695.


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