Bertho III. by Mackenzell

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Bertho III. von Mackenzell (* around 1240 in Mackenzell ; † November 2, 1300 ) was prince abbot of the Fulda monastery from 1271 to 1273 .

Life

Bertho (also Berthold, Bertholdus) came from the Buchic noble family of those von Mackenzell. He was born around 1240 in the small castle of his ministerial family near the village of Mackenzell, 2 km south-east and today a district of Hünfeld , and, as a later-born son, was probably already a boy in order to bring up and prepare for the clergy in the Fulda monastery given. He became a monk and is then proven in 1266 as provost of the Johannesberg monastery in Fulda .

When Abbot Bertho II von Leibolz was murdered by a band of rebellious Buchon knights on March 18, 1271 during the Holy Mass in the Jakobskapelle of the Abtsburg, the choice of a successor in the naturally troubled mood proved difficult. Finally, a commission of seven representatives from the convention was formed, including Bertho von Mackenzell, who was considered sincere and humble, and the commission elected him, albeit not unanimously, as the new abbot. He obtained the papal confirmation of his election required for Fulda not because of the long vacancy of the Apostolic See .

The new abbot took his time to bring his predecessor's murderers to justice. Whether this was because he was related to some of them or whether it was tactical calculation is not clear. In any case, he appeared at Christmas 1271 with a large number of troops in Kirchhasel about 3 km northeast of Hünfeld, where he surprised and captured the abbot while looting the chapel there. He had the brothers Albrecht and Heinrich von Ebersberg , the instigators of the murder, arrested, and the third brother and 30 other knights immediately executed with the sword. Albrecht and Heinrich von Ebersberg were in 1274 in Frankfurt on the orders of King Rudolf whacked .

Only a few months later, Bertho III, who did not feel up to the demands of his office, accepted the Archbishop of Mainz , Werner von Eppstein, as the curator of the Fulda monastery. Bertho's fear of a schism in the convent and other turmoil, such as the abbey had just experienced with the knight's revolt and abbot murder, must have played a role. On April 29, 1272 the corresponding agreements were passed in Seligenstadt , according to which the archbishop received the care of the Fulda church, cities and fortresses, while the official powers of Bertho, who reserved the title of abbot, were reduced to the spiritual area. When Archbishop Werner resigned from the custody of the imperial monastery at the beginning of August 1273 , Bertho would have regained unrestricted possession of his rights, but he then renounced all rights from his abbot election and thus cleared the way for the free choice of a successor.

He went to the nearby Propstei Neuenberg (Andreasberg) , a subsidiary of the Fulda Abbey , as provost , where he can still be found until 1279.

In 1289 at the latest, but probably already in 1279, he became provost of the Holzkirchen daughter monastery in Fulda , where he died on November 2, 1300.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Johannes Schmidt: It happened on Christmas 1271. ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Schlitzer Bote. December 24, 2003. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / archiv.schlitzerbote.de
  2. ↑ November 6, 1300 is also occasionally mentioned.

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predecessor Office successor
Bertho II of Leibolz Prince Abbot of Fulda
1271 - 1273 		Bertho IV of Bimbach
personal data
SURNAME Bertho III. by Mackenzell
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bertholdus von Mackenzell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince abbot of Fulda monastery; Provost of the Neuenberg monastery; Provost of the Holzkirchen Monastery
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH Wooden churches
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 1300