Adalbald II.

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Adalbald II , also Adalbold , († November 27, 1026 ) was Bishop of Utrecht from 1010 to 1026. He was the son of Dietrich , who in 965, probably only after Adalbald's birth, became Bishop of Metz , and probably a member of the Ezzone family .

He received part of his training from Notker , Bishop of Liège . He became a canon in Laubach (Hessen), where he also taught. The future Emperor Heinrich II brought him to his court and made him Bishop of Utrecht in 1010. Adalbold is considered the most important founder of the territorial power of the diocese: In 1024 he acquired the county of Drenthe , two years later the county of Teisterbant .

He had to defend his diocese not only against attacks by the Normans , but also against attacks by neighboring nobles. He did not succeed in the possession of Merwede (Mircvidu) against the claims of Dietrich III. of Holland to claim.

Dietrich III. had a fortress built in Vlaardingen , with the help of which he - without the permission of the emperor - collected customs. Merchants from Tiel also alerted the emperor to violent attacks against them by Dietrich's people. The emperor decided to end Dietrich's rule and transferred the land to the bishop of Utrecht. A large imperial army marched against the new fortress. In the subsequent Battle of Vlaardingen on July 29, 1018, Dietrich III. but an extremely important victory of it, as a result of which he not only retained his property but was also given permission to continue collecting customs.

Within his diocese, Adalbold promoted the building of churches and monasteries; his greatest achievement was the completion of the St. Martin's Cathedral in Utrecht . He had the monastery of Tiel rebuilt and completed the construction of Hohorst near Leusden , which his predecessor Ansfried had started. Here he appointed Poppo von Stablo abbot and thus introduced the Cluniac reform in his diocese.

Adalbold is also known as an author. Probably in the period from 1014 to 1024 he wrote the Vita Heinrici II. Imperatoris He wrote a mathematical treatise on squaring the circle , which he dedicated to Pope Silvester II , who was himself a well-known mathematician. In addition, a philosophical account of a passage by Boëthius has been preserved. The discussion Quemadmodum indubitanter musicæ consonantiæ judicari possint seems to be attributed to him only on the basis of uncertain evidence.

literature

Text output
  • Vita Heinrici II. Imperatoris , ed. Georg Waitz , Monumenta Germaniae Historica SS 4, Hanover 1841, reprint 1982, pp. 679–695.
Secondary literature
  • Simon Elling: Construction, conception and perception of the past. The example of the Vita Heinrici II imperatoris Adalbold from Utrecht , in: Jürgen Sarnowsky (Hrsg.): Images - Perceptions - Ideas. New research on the historiography of the high and late Middle Ages . V&R unipress, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89971-340-4 , ( Nova Mediaevalia 3), pp. 33-53.

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predecessor Office successor
Ansfried Bishop of Utrecht
1010-1026 		Bernulf
personal data
SURNAME Adalbald II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Utrecht
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1026