Otto Truchsess von Waldburg (26 February 1514-2 April 1573) was Prince-Bishop of Augsburg from 1543 to 1573, succeeding Christoph von Stadion and preceding Johann Eglof von Knoringen. He was also a cardinal of the Catholic Church.
Biography[]
Otto Truchsess von Waldburg was born in Scheer Castle to a Swabian noble family, and he studied at the universities of Tubingen, Dole, Padua, Bologna, and Pavia. At an early age, he received canonries at Trent, Spires, and Augsburg, and he was appointed Imperial councillor in 1541. He was a strong advocate of the Catholic faith against the Protestant Reformation and the 1542 Reichstag of Speyer, and he was made a Papal chamberlain and nuncio for the Council of Trent while on embassy to Rome. In 1543, he was elected Prince-Bishop of Augsburg, and Pope Paul III made him a cardinal a year later. He held a powerful position as an adviser to Emperor Charles V and as a member of the College of Cardinals, and he died in Rome in 1573.