Eberhard II of Otelingen

Eberhard II von Otelingen (* around 1100; † July 17, 1172 ) was bishop of the Bamberg diocese since 1146 .

origin

Coat of arms of the von Öttling family after Joh.Siebmacher 1605

The von Otelingen family, also Ettling, belong to the Bavarian noble noble families. In Siebmacher's coat of arms from 1605, the sex is recorded as von Öttling (see also list of Bavarian noble families ).

Life

Eberhard II had been a member of the Bamberg cathedral chapter since 1127 . He was in 1146 by Pope Eugene III. consecrated bishop. Eberhard was considered a royal loyal follower, initially by Konrad III. , later also by his successor Friedrich I. Under Conrad III. he planned the Second Crusade in 1147 . As Konrad III. He died in 1152 and was buried in Bamberg Cathedral . This is a sign that the Diocese of Bamberg had made a name for itself on the imperial political level and that Eberhard II appeared as an important advisor at court and imperial meetings. For his decisive help with the election preparations and the coronation of Frederick I, he received the imperial abbey Niederaltaich . He stayed in the emperor's entourage and accompanied them to Rome and Lombardy, among other places , and was a negotiator for the peace treaty during the siege of Milan . He supported Frederick I also in the appointment of the imperial antipope Victor IV. (1159-1164), even as this to him, as well as the emperor himself, the excommunication earned.

In 1163 Friedrich I granted Bamberg duty-free. This helped Bamberg to gain an important economic position and ambitious Bamberg merchant families also gained in importance in the centuries to come and fought for privileges with the cathedral chapter, among other things.

Eberhard II took care of the further expansion of the diocese and secured its borders from the outside by purchasing or building new castles. This included, among other things, the acquisition of Nordeck Castle and Steinach Market in 1151 . He bought this former lordship from the Hennebergers . Until the beginning of the 16th century, episcopal bailiffs sat at Nordeck Castle. The castle came to an end in connection with Hans Thomas von Absberg and the Peasants' War .

In 1157, the bishop founded the Cistercian convent of St. Martin and Theodor in Bamberg. He reformed the Heidenheim monastery and the Admont Benedictine monastery .

literature

• Jutta Franke: Eberhard II., Bishop of Bamberg. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 158 ( digitized version ).
• Friedrich Hausmann :  Eberhard II. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 226 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Hans Prutz :  Eberhard II. (Bishop of Bamberg) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 535 f.

Web links

• Eberhard II von Otelingen in the personal register of the Germania Sacra online
• Eberhard II von Otelingen in the history of Bamberg
• Bishop portrait at 1000 years of the Bamberg diocese

Individual evidence

1. ↑ according to other information July 17, 1170 , cf. Erich von Guttenberg : The Diocese of Bamberg (= Germania Sacra . Dept. 2: The Dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of Mainz. Vol. 1, Part 1). Part 1. de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1937, p. 153 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
2. ↑ Erich von Guttenberg : The Diocese of Bamberg (= Germania Sacra . Dept. 2: The Dioceses of the Church Province of Mainz. Vol. 1, Part 1). Part 1. de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1937, pp. 141–154 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
3. ^ History of the Nordeck castle ruins

predecessor	Office	successor
Egilbert	Bishop of Bamberg 1146–1172	Hermann II.