Jakob Erlandsen

Seal of Bishop Erlandsen on a document from 1251

Jakob Erlandsen (* in the 12th or 13th century; † February 18, 1274 on Rügen ) was Archbishop of Lund . His parents were called Erland and Caecilie (daughter of Sune Ebbesen).

Live and act

As provost in Lund, he took part in the first council in Lyons as advocate for Erik Plogpenning in 1245 . But he voted against the king's wish for Niels Stigsen as Bishop of Roskilde. As a result, his church income and inheritance were confiscated. Later there was a comparison with the king. In 1250 he was appointed Bishop of Roskilde . At the instigation of the Pope he got his property back and Copenhagen as well. Copenhagen received its first city charter from him in 1254 . In the same year he became archbishop of Lund. He set up schools in Roskilde and Lund. He got into a serious conflict with King Christoffer because he represented the absolute primacy of the church over all secular law.

At the Synod of Vejle in 1256 it was decided that any violence against a bishop or the imprisonment of a bishop would lead to an interdict .

In the conflict with the king he was denied all privileges. He refused to crown the son of King Erik as heir to the throne and allied himself with the king's enemies so that he was imprisoned in 1259. After the death of King Christoffers, who died in the same year, he was released by the queen widow Margarete Sambiria . He continued his resistance against the royal family, but mostly stayed in neighboring countries.

In 1272 he presented his case to the Pope in Rome , where he was asked to settle.

When he returned from Rome, he was murdered in Rügen in 1274 with a shot from a crossbow, as a recent examination of the body has shown.

Erlandsen was buried in the Franciscan church in Lund. He was the brother of Erland († 1276) and Niels Erlandsen (Stadthater von Skaane).

literature

• The Lundian Archbishop Jakob Erlandsen . In: Immanuel Hoch (ed.): The new Catholic Church in the egg: or the union of the Christian. Main parties . GL Fritz, Stuttgart 1838, p. 49-51 ( books.google.de ).
• Johannes CHR Steenstrup: Erlandsen, Jacob . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 4 : Clemens – Eynden . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1890, p. 563-566 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
• E. Elberling: Jakob Erlandsön . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 12 : Hyperemi-Johan . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1910, Sp. 1188-1189 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
• J. Olrik: Jakob Erlandsøn . In: Christian Blangstrup (Ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 12 : Hvene – Jernbaner . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1922, p. 778-779 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
• Kai Hørby: Jakob Erlandsen . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 4 : Dons – Frijsh . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1980, ISBN 87-01-77392-5 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).

Web links

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• Jakob Erlandsen, approx. 1220–1274 danmarkshistorien.dk

predecessor	Office	successor
Uffe Thrugotsen	Archbishop of Lund 1254–1274	Trugot Torstensen
Niels Stigsen	Bishop of Roskilde 1249–1254	Peder Bang