Daniel Brendel of Homburg was born in
Aschaffenburg on March 22, 1522. The
cathedral chapter of
Mainz Cathedral elected Daniel to be
Archbishop of Mainz on April 18, 1555; he beat the
Lutheran Pfalzgraf Reichart von Simmern by only one vote.
Pope Paul IV confirmed his election on August 23, 1555, and he was
ordained by
Rudolf von und zu Frankenstein,
Bishop of Speyer, in June 1557. Daniel Brendel founded a college for the training of
Jesuits at the
University of Mainz in 1561. Daniel Brendel took place in the
Frankfurt election of 1558, which recognized the abdication of
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and confirmed that his successor was
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. During the
Imperial election of 1562, Daniel Brendel voted for
Maximilian, King of the Romans, later
crowning Maximilian
Holy Roman Emperor in
Frankfurt in 1564. During
the imperial election held in
Regensburg on October 27, 1575, Daniel Brendel voted for
Rudolf, King of the Romans, whom Daniel Brendel later crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Regensburg in 1576. Daniel Brendel expanded the size of the
Archbishopric of Mainz by acquiring
Rieneck (1559),
Eppstein, and
Königstein im Taunus (1581). Daniel Brendel's head cook,
Marx Rumpolt, published the famous
cookbook Ein new Kochbuch in 1581. Daniel Brendel died in Aschaffenburg on March 22, 1582. ==References==