Leonhard von Eck

Leonhard von Eck (1480-1550) was a Bavarian nobleman who served as chancellor of Bavaria for thirty years.

He was Chancellor to William IV, Duke of Bavaria, and a powerful opponent of the Reformation.

[1] Leonhard von Eck was born in 1480 in Kelheim, a town on the River Danube .

Von Eck attended the universities of Ingolstadt and Siena where he obtained an MA degree and a doctorate of laws.

Leonhard died in Munich on 17 March 1550 and was buried in his hometown of Kelheim.

Portrait of Dr. Leonhard von Eck in the State Museums of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin. Copper engraving print