fwo_1121674 - AUTRICHE - ÉVÊCHÉ DE SALZBOURG - ARCHEVÊQUE EBERHARD II DE TRUSCH Pfenning n.d. Friesach

AUSTRIA - BISHOPRIC OF SALZBURG - ARCHBISHOP EBERHARD II OF TRUSCH

(1200-1246)

The bishopric of Salzburg was created at the beginning of the 7th century and raised to the rank of archbishopric in 798. In 1213, Archbishop Eberhard II von Truch was made Prince of the Holy Empire by Emperor Otto IV, the archdiocese is then governed by prince-archbishops.