Hermann of Wied


Hermann of Wied
Archbishop-Elector of Cologne
ChurchLutheran (from 1542)
Roman Catholic (until 1542)
ArchdioceseCologne
SeeCologne
Appointed14 March 1515
Term ended16 April 1546
PredecessorPhilip II of Daun-Oberstein
SuccessorAdolf III of Schauenburg
Personal details
Born14 January 1477
Died15 August 1552 (aged 75)

Hermann of Wied (German: Hermann von Wied) (14 January 1477 – 15 August 1552) was the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne from 1515 to 1546.

In 1521, he supported a punishment for German reformer Martin Luther, but later opened up one of the Holy Roman Empire's most important archbishoprics to the Protestant Reformation.