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Wilhelm Germain Lamormaini (29 December 1570 – 22 February 1648) was a Jesuit theologian, and an influential figure as confessor of the Habsburg emperor Ferdinand II during the Thirty Years' War. He was an instransigent proponent of the Counter-Reformation, and one of the major advocates of the 1629 Edict of Restitution.
Wilhelm Lamormaini in 1632[]
In early 1634, Wilhelm Lamormaini was a supporter of getting Archduchess Maria Anna married off as soon as possible. He hoped that a husband would restrain her active interest in and curiosity about the world, which he saw as inappropriate for women. Therefore, he supported marrying her to the recently widowed Maximilian of Bavaria.
Lamormaini was strongly opposed to Ferdinand II's deathbed revocation of the Edict of Restitution and Maximilian of Bavaria's electoral vote. He was also opposed to the dying man having dictated and signed a conciliatory letter to Maria Anna. In fact, he almost refused to perform the last rites, as Ferdinand had neither repented his actions or invalidated them. In the end, he only agreed to perform the last rites so that Queen Mariana's confessor, a Capuchin, would not have the honor of doing it.