Adalbero of Bremen

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Adalbero von Bremen , also Adalbert II. , († August 25, 1148 ) was Archbishop of Bremen and Hamburg from 1123 to 1148 .

biography

Adalbero probably came from a local family. He was already a canon in Bremen under Archbishop Liemar . Elected by the Bremen cathedral chapter , he received the regalia from Emperor Heinrich V and the pallium from Pope Kalixt II .

With both, Adalbero found support for one of his main concerns, the retention of Bremen's metropolitan power over Scandinavia. He traveled to Rome again and again to maintain primacy over the Scandinavian countries. This was repeatedly confirmed to him, but he could not stop the development of the Archdiocese of Lund into an independent archdiocese with responsibility for all of Scandinavia. However, successes were seen in the Slav mission . He transferred her to Vizelin , who suffered a serious setback due to the Wendekreuzzug in 1147, in which Adalbero also took part.

The largest fiefdom that the Archbishopric of Hamburg-Bremen had to grant was the Grafschaft Stade , whose righteousnesses were spread over the entire area of ​​the diocese. The Udonen family were enfeoffed with the county of Stade , who at the same time were margraves of the Nordmark . That is why they had left the administration of the County of Stade to their ministerial Friedrich von Stade from around 1095 , who later, with the support of the Duke and later King or Emperor Lothar von Süpplingenburg, sought an independent rule by displacing the Udonen. According to a tradition from the 13th century, Friedrich von Stade became rich by killing three Scandinavian bishops on the way to Rome and taking their belongings from them. Perhaps this was a reminder of an act with which he supported Adalbero's efforts for Nordic primacy. In any case, Friedrich von Stade bought his release from the king and was enfeoffed by Adalbero with the county of Stade himself either after the death of Udonen Rudolf I in 1124 or after the death of Udonen Heinrich II.

After the death of Count Friedrich von Stade († 1135) the Udons took over again the rule of the county of Stade. After the last secular Udone Rudolf II († 1144) was slain in Dithmarschen , his brother Hartwig I von Stade , first canon in Magdeburg, then cathedral provost in Bremen and finally Adalbero's successor, was enfeoffed with the county of Stade. In return he promised the Bremen church his allodial property in the area of ​​the archdiocese.

Both provoked violent protests on the part of Henry the Lion , who claimed the county and the heritage of the Udons for himself, partly due to an entitlement and partly to inheritance law. In the following years, Adalbero and the Archdiocese of Bremen repeatedly suffered from attacks by Henry the Lion.

In 1147 Adalbero took part in the Wenden Crusade .

literature

predecessor Office successor
Friedrich I. Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
1123–1148 		Hartwig I of Stade
personal data
SURNAME Adalbero of Bremen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adalbert II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archbishop of Hamburg
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century or 12th century
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 1148