Henry IV of Absberg

Henry IV of Asberg (19 March 1409, Dornhausen - 26 July 1492) was a nobleman of the Franconian House of Absberg and clergyman. From 1465 to his death he was bishop of Regensburg. According to Biedermann (1748), he was the son of Henry of Absberg, , Reicheneck and Dornhausen and of Magdalena .He was elected bishop in 1457, but the election was annulled, and Rupert of Palatinate-Mosbach became bishop in his stead.Ruprecht died in 1465, at the age of 32, and Henry became his successor. As bishop, Henry campaigned against the apocalyptic heresies of the Wirsberg brothers in 1466.

Henry IV of Absberg

Henry IV of Asberg (19 March 1409, Dornhausen - 26 July 1492) was a nobleman of the Franconian House of Absberg and clergyman. From 1465 to his death he was bishop of Regensburg. According to Biedermann (1748), he was the son of Henry of Absberg, , Reicheneck and Dornhausen and of Magdalena .He was elected bishop in 1457, but the election was annulled, and Rupert of Palatinate-Mosbach became bishop in his stead.Ruprecht died in 1465, at the age of 32, and Henry became his successor. As bishop, Henry campaigned against the apocalyptic heresies of the Wirsberg brothers in 1466.