Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt was the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg from 1544 to 1558.
Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt
Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt by Joachim Deschler, 1551
Grave Würzburg Cathedral
Spot where Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt died after assassination by Grumbach's henchman Christoph Kretzen
Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg
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The Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire located in Lower Franconia, west of the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg. Würzburg had been a diocese since 743.
The Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg in the 18th century
Wuerzburgsiebmacher
Silver coin showing the effigy and coat of arms of Prince-Bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim (1764)
Prince-Bishop Rudolf von Scherenberg