Adolphus XIII of Holstein

Adolf III of Schauenburg (1511-1556) was the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne from 1547 to 1556. Biography Adolf of Schauenburg was born on January 19, 1511, and baptized on February 3. He was the son of Jobst I, Count of Holstein-Schauenburg and his wife Mary of Nassau-Siegen. As a younger son, Adolf was groomed for a life in the church from a young age. From 1522 he studied at Leuven. He became a canon of Liège Cathedral on September 2, 1528, and then provost of the cathedral on May 30, 1533. In 1529, he also became a canon of Mainz Cathedral and, on December 23, 1529, of Cologne Cathedral. He became dean of St. Gereon's Basilica, and then its provost in 1533.