Bernhard III. from Oesede

Bernhard III. von Oesede († March 28, 1223 ) was bishop of Paderborn from 1204 to 1223 .

Life

He was the son of Ludolf von Oesede , who was a brother of Bishop Bernhard I. von Oesede . He was the brother of Widekind von Oesede. His sister Gertrud von Oesede was abbess of the Böddeken monastery .

Before taking over the office of bishop he was canon in Paderborn. Shortly after he took office, a dispute with the Corvey monastery was settled, which had complained about attacks from the castle on the Desenberg . The bishop and abbot Witukind agreed to jointly destroy the castle and formed an alliance. The castle was not completely destroyed, but was rebuilt later. In the dispute between Otto IV and Philipp von Schwaben , he sided with Philipp, unlike his predecessor. This brought him the accusation of breach of faith from the Pope. After Otto's death, Bernhard was able to win back papal favor.

Like his predecessor, he sponsored the monasteries in his diocese. In 1209, for example, he freed the Gehrden monastery from the bailiwick of Count Heinrich von Schwalenberg . He gave the Abdinghof monastery a tithe of a good. In 1216 he traveled with a large retinue to Count Gottfried II von Arnsberg and had him donate properties to the Willebadessen monastery . In 1221 Bernhard also gave the monastery a tithe from certain properties. In 1222 he bequeathed the Burg estate to Gehrden Monastery. The Neuenheerse monastery ceded his feudal lordship over the city of Brakel and the Hinnenburg.

In 1210 a settlement was made with the Lords of Nienover about a large forest property. In the same year, the bishop had to agree to an agreement with the cathedral chapter , according to which a bishop would not be allowed to sell church goods that were jointly owned by both sides without the consent of the chapter.

During his time in 1222, the citizens of Paderborn began to revolt against their sovereign. The attempt by Cologne Archbishop Engelbert I to extend his influence as Duke of Westphalia to Paderborn territory also played a role . If the Paderborn had already become estranged from their bishop, they now trusted in the support of the Archbishop of Cologne in their cause. In fact, after the uprising, the archbishop strengthened the cause of the citizens by getting King Henry VII in 1214 to allow citizens to elect a vice judge. As a result, among other things, the episcopal city count lost considerable influence.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sascha Käuper: Uprising and building communes in the 13th century. On two cases from Paderborn. In: Bishop and Citizen. Dominant relationships in the cathedral cities of the High and Late Middle Ages. Göttingen, 2004 p. 27ff.

literature

• Peter Florens Weddigen (Hrsg.): Paderbornische Geschichte after Schatens Annalen . Meyer, Lemgo 1801, pp. 205-221
• Friedrich Wilhelm Ebeling: The German bishops until the end of the sixteenth century . Vol. 2, Verlag Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1858, p. 349
• Heinrich Leo: The territories of the German Empire in the Middle Ages since the 13th century . Vol. 2, Verlag Anton, Halle 1867, pp. 621f.

predecessor	Office	successor
Bernhard II.	Bishop of Paderborn 1204–1223	Thomas Olivier