found: Wohltat und Hochverrat, 2003:t.p. (Kurfürst Ernst von Köln) p. 59 (Ernst von Bayern, member of the Wittelsbach family; elected Elector of Cologne May 15, 1583)
found: Heinz Wember genealogical web page, Jan. 6, 2004"Wittelsbacher" (Ernst, Kurfürst von Köln, von Bayern; b. Dec. 17, 1554, Munich; d. Feb. 17, 1612, Arnsberg, Westphalia, buried in the Cologne Cathedral; father, Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria; mother, Anna of Austria; bishop of Freising, 1566; bishop of Hildesheim, 1573; bishop of Liège, 1581; bishop of Münster, 1585; archbishop and elector of Cologne, 1583-1612)
found: Catholic Encyclopedia online, Jan. 14, 2004:"Cologne" (Ernest of Bavaria; first of the five princes of the house of Wittelsbach who held the Electorate of Cologne until 1761)
found: Allgemeine/Neue deutsche Biographie online, Jan. 14, 2004(Ernst, Erzbischof von Cologne, Herzog von Bayern, 1544-1612)
found: MATEO (Mannheimer Texte Online), Jan. 14, 2004(Ernst von Bayern, Erzbischof von Köln, Kurfürst; Ernestus, Archiepiscopus Colonensis, pr. Elector)
found: St. Töniser Jahreszahlen-Spiegel webpage, Jan. 14, 2004"16. JH" (Kurfürst Ernst von Wittelsbach)
found: Allg. deut. Biog.(Ernst, Herzog von Baiern, Erzbischof und Kurfürst von Köln, 1583-1612, Bischof von Freisingen, Hildesheim, Lüttian und Münster; b. Dec. 17, 1554; d. Feb. 17, 1612 in Arnsberg)
found: Ernest de Bavière (1554-1612), c2011.
found: OCLC database, Dec. 8, 2011:(hdg.: Baviére, Ernest de, 1554-1612)
found: English Wikipedia, viewed on Aug. 11th, 2023(Ernest of Bavaria (German: Ernst von Bayern) (17 December 1554 -17 February 1612) was Prince-elector-archbishop of the Archbishopric of Cologne from 1583 to 1612 as successor of the expelled Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg. He was also bishop of Münster, Hildesheim, Freising and Liège) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_of_Bavaria found: Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek, viewed on Aug. 11th, 2023(Ernst, Kurfürst von Köln; born München, 1554; died Arnsberg, 1612) - https://d-nb.info/gnd/10211790X
