Page "Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg" Paragraph 9

According to canon law, Albert was too young to hold such a position and since he would not give up the archiepiscopal see of Magdeburg ( in order to terminate the accumulation of archdioceses, which was also prohibited by canon law ), the Hohenzollerns had to dispense ever greater briberies at the Holy See.

This exhausted their means and caused them to incur vast debts with the Fuggers.