Albrecht I of Käfernburg
Albrecht I von Käfernburg (Albert) (* around 1170; † October 15, 1232 in Cividale del Friuli , buried in 1233 in Magdeburg Cathedral) was the 18th Archbishop of Magdeburg .
Life
Albrecht came from the Thuringian dynasty of Kevernburg , went to the Hildesheim cathedral school and studied in Paris and Bologna .
In 1200 he was given the favor of Innocent III. the provost of the congregation of St. Maria ad Gradus to Mainz. In August 1205, after he had joined King Philip , he was elected Archbishop of Magdeburg by the Staufer party and consecrated by the Pope on December 24, 1206.
The beginning of the new construction of the Magdeburg Cathedral , which was destroyed by fire on April 20, 1207, is his main work. He was one of the first to import the Gothic style from France.
After the assassination of Philip of Swabia (1208), Albrecht helped the Guelph Otto IV to gain recognition throughout Germany and in 1209 accompanied him to Italy. But when Otto was banned in 1210 , Albrecht had to proclaim it in Germany. In 1212 he ran the election of the Hohenstaufen Friedrich II as king. That is why Albrecht the Eight and his area met with devastation from the Guelphs for years. After calm was restored, Albrecht took the residents, who had become homeless during the war, into the permanent Neustadt and with it into the Magdeburg city association.
On Saint Michaelis Day (Sept. 29) in 1220, Albrecht brought the skull of Saint Mauritius and a finger bone of Saint Katharina to Magdeburg, which caused a lot of attention at the time. The archbishop with the skull of Saint Mauritius can be seen on contemporary bracteates. The still frequent occurrence of this type of bracteate suggests a longer minting period (1220–1235).
He fought through a feud with the Margraves of Brandenburg, Johann and Otto . In 1222 he followed Emperor Frederick II to Italy and was appointed Count of Romagna and Deputy to the Emperor in Northern Italy. On Albrecht's recommendation, Walther von der Vogelweide received his Würzburg fief in 1224 . Albrecht spent a large part of his life in Italy and tried particularly to keep the peace between the emperor and the pope.
literature
- Hans Martin Schaller : Albrecht II. (Albert). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 165 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Eduard Winkelmann : Albert I., Archbishop of Magdeburg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 184 f.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : ALBERT II (Albert). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 91-92.
- Regesten Imperii Online , University of Mainz
Web links
- Albertus II. Count of Kevernberg. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 1, Leipzig 1732, column 994 f.
References and comments
- ^ Rome apud S. Petrum, 1207 Febr. 8: Pope Innocent III. informs the chapter and clergy of Magdeburg that he has confirmed the election of Albrecht as Archbishop and that he ordained him on December 23, 1206 as a priest and on the following day as a bishop. The pallium had been given to him. The Pope exhorts chapters and clergy to obey Albert as their archbishop (RI V, 2,3 n. 5983 in: Regesten Online)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ludolf von Kroppenstedt |
Archbishop of Magdeburg 1205–1232 |
Burkhard I. von Woldenberg |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Albrecht I of Käfernburg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Albert von Käfernburg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German clergyman, 18th Archbishop of Magdeburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1170 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 15, 1232 |
| Place of death | Cividale del Friuli |