See also:

• KLESL (or KLEESL), MELCHIOR (1552–1630)

KLESL (or KLEESL), MELCHIOR (1552–1630)  , See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian states-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man and ecclesiastic, was the son of a See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant See also:

• BAKER, HENRY (1698-1774)
• BAKER, SIR BENJAMIN (1840-1907)
• BAKER, SIR RICHARD (1568-1644/5)
• BAKER, SIR SAMUEL WHITE (1821-1893)
• BAKER, THOMAS (1656-1740)
• BAKER, VALENTINE [BAKER PASHA] (1827-1887)

baker, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna . Under the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits he was converted to See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Catholicism, and having finished his See also:

• EDUCATION

education at the See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

universities of Vienna and See also:

• INGOLSTADT

Ingolstadt, he was made See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of the university of Vienna; and as See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official and See also:

• VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

vicar-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• PASSAU

Passau he exhibited the zeal of a convert in forwarding the progress of the See also:

• COUNTER

counter-See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

reformation in See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria . He became bishop of Vienna in 1598; but more important was his association with the See also:

• ARCHDUKE (Lat. archidux, Ger. Erzherzog)

archduke See also:

• MATTHIAS
• MATTHIAS (1557-1619)

Matthias which began about the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . Both before and after 1612, when Matthias succeeded his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• RUDOLPH
• RUDOLPH (d. 1o8o)
• RUDOLPH, or RAOUL

Rudolph II. as See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, See also:

• KLESL (or KLEESL), MELCHIOR (1552–1630)

Klesl was the originator and director of his policy, although he stoutly opposed the concessions to the Hungarian Protestants in 16o6 . He assisted to secure the See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of Matthias to the imperial See also:

• THRONE

throne, and sought, but without success, to strengthen the new emperor's position by making See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace between the Catholics and the Protestants . When during the See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short reign of Matthias the question of the imperial See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession demanded prompt See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention, the bishop, although quite as anxious as his opponents to retain the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of See also:

• HABSBURG, or HAPSBURG

Habsburg and to preserve the dominance of the Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, advised that this question should be shelved until some arrangement with the Protestant princes had been reached . This counsel was displeasing to the archduke See also:

• MAXIMILIAN
• MAXIMILIAN (1832—1867)

Maximilian and to See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand, afterwards the emperor Ferdinand II. who believed that Klesl was hostile to the candidature of the latter See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince . It was, however, impossible to shake his influence with the emperor; and in See also:

• JUNE

June 1618, a few months before the See also:

• DEATH

death of Matthias, he was seized by See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the archdukes and imprisoned at Ambras in See also:

• TIROL (or TYROL 1)

Tirol . In 1622 Klesl, who had been a See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal since 1615, was transferred to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome by order of See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory XV., and was released from imprisonment . In 1627 Ferdinand II. allowed him to return to his episcopal duties in Vienna, where he died on the 18th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1630 . See J . Freiherr von See also:

• HAMMER, FRIEDRICH JULIUS (1810-1862)

Hammer-Purgstall, Khlesls Leben (Vienna, 1847–1851) ; A .

Kerschbaumer, Kardinal Klesl (Vienna, 1865) ; and Klesls Briefe an Rudolfs II . Obersthofineister A . Freiherr von See also:

• DIETRICH, CHRISTIAN WILHELM ERNST (1712-1774)

Dietrich-See also:

• STEIN, CHARLOTTE VON (1742-1827)
• STEIN, HEINRICH FRIEDRICH KARL, BARON VOM

stein, edited by V . Bibl . (Vienna, 1900) .