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.

According to Biedermann (1748), he was the son of Henry of Absberg, Rumberg, Reicheneck and Dornhausen and of Magdalena Seiboldsdorf.

As bishop, Henry campaigned against the apocalyptic heresies of the Wirsberg brothers in 1466.

[1] The city of Regensburg fell under the control of the Duke of Bavaria in 1486, and the powers of the prince-bishop were curtailed.

Regensburg passed back to the prince-bishop in 1492, following an intervention of Frederick III.

Woodcut of Henry IV of Asberg as a bishop, kneeling before Saint Peter ( Michael Wolgemut , reproduced from Buchberger, 1200 Jahre Bistum Regensburg (1939:45).