Baldwin I of Bremen

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Baldwin I of Bremen (* unknown; †  June 18, 1178 in Bremen ; also: Baldwin ) was Archbishop of Bremen from 1168 until his death .

Little is known about its origin. Before he was appointed archbishop, he was provost of the cathedral in Halberstadt and chaplain of Henry the Lion . A relationship with the Counts of Holland is no longer represented by recent research.

After the death of his predecessor Hartwig I. von Stade , there was an ambiguous choice. The chapter was split into the camp of the supporters of Henry the Lion who were friendly to the Guelphs and the camp of his opponents. Heinrich's supporters elected Otbert, who was the dean of the Bremen cathedral chapter, while his opponents elected the Magdeburg canon Siegfried , the third son of Albrecht the Bear . Gunzelin von Schwerin violently intervened in favor of Heinrich's party in the unrest that ensued . Siegfried then had to flee. Emperor Friedrich I. decided the Bremen schism at the Reichstag in Bamberg. He declared the election of both candidates to be invalid and made use of his right under the Worms Concordat to decide on controversial election issues. He installed Baldwin, a favorite of Henry the Lion, as Archbishop of Bremen. The antipope Calixt III. confirmed this investiture . Siegfried then referred to himself as "Elected by Bremen".

Baldwin is described as the willless tool of Henry the Lion. Heinrich let him leave the previously controversial county of Stade to him. After Baldwin also gave him large parts of the Bremen church property, Pope Alexander III demanded . 1176 the emperor returned all goods and operated the deposition of Baldwin. Baldwin hardly appeared as archbishop and left almost no traces. The chronicler Arnold von Lübeck wrote about Baldwin: "He has neglected his church to the utmost, and it is better to keep silent than to talk about his life."

Baldwin died on June 18, 1178, the day on which the deed of deposition from Pope Alexander was to be handed over to him.

literature

  • Georg Dehio : History of the Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen up to the end of the mission. Volume II. Berlin 1877, p. 89 ff.
  • Günter Glaeske: The archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen as imperial princes (937-1258). Hildesheim 1962, pp. 179-183.
predecessor Office successor
Hartwig I of Stade Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
1168–1178
Berthold