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LANG VON WELLENBURG, MATTHAUS (1469–1540) , See also:German statesman and ecclesiastic, was the son of a burgher of See also:Augsburg. He afterwards assumed the name of Wellenburg from a See also:castle that came into his See also:possession. After studying at See also:Ingolstadt, See also:Vienna and See also:Tubingen he entered the service of the See also:emperor See also:Frederick III. and quickly made his way to the front. He was also one of the most trusted advisers of Frederick's son and successor See also:Maximilian I., and his services were rewarded in 1500 with the provostship of the See also:cathedral at Augsburg and in the following See also:year with the bishopric of Gurk. In 1511 he was made a See also:cardinal by See also:Pope See also:Julius II., and in 1514 he became coadjutor to the See also:archbishop of See also:Salzburg, whom he succeeded in 1519. He also received the bishopric of See also:Cartagena in See also:Murcia in 1521, and that of Albano in 1535. Lang's adherence to the older faith, together with his See also:pride and arrogance, made him very unpopular in his See also:diocese of Salzburg; in 1523 he was involved in a serious struggle with his subjects, and in 1525, during the Peasants' See also:War, he had again to fight hard to hold his own. He was one of the See also:chief ministers of See also:Charles V.; he played an important See also:part in the tangled See also:international negotiations of his See also:time; and he was always loyal to his imperial masters. Not without See also:reason has he been compared with Cardinal See also:Wolsey. He died on the 30th of See also:March 1540.

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