Gerhard von Ehrenberg

Gerhard von Ehrenberg (d. 1363), born into a Kraichgau knightly family, served in Emperor Louis IV's chancellery before being elected bishop of Speyer in 1336. Gerhard supported Louis militarily, switching to Charles IV only after Louis died.

He rebuilt Speyer's Augustinian monastery and freed the bishopric from debt, although he could not prevent the Jewish pogroms of 1349. He died in 1363 and was buried in the cathedral.