Berthold VI. from Wintzingerode

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Berthold (VI.) Von Wintzingerode († 1326 ) was a Catholic clergyman and diplomat.

He came from the noble Eichsfeld noble family Wintzingerode, first mentioned in 1209 .

Life

He chose the ecclesiastical status, first became a canon in Nörten , then studied in Paris and obtained the degree of master's degree. Around 1308 he came to the court of Archbishop Peter von Aspelt in Mainz . He became its protonotary , vicar general of the archbishopric and dean of St. Peter's Church in Mainz . He was also the governor of the archbishop in Hesse, to whose overlordship and spiritual jurisdiction the archbishopric claimed. After the death of Peter Aspelt, Berthold was appointed a member of the Privy Council by King Ludwig the Bavarian in 1321 and was sent to Avignon to Pope Johannes XXII. sent to win his support for the king against his cousin and counter-king Friedrich the fair . His success was limited, but the Battle of Mühldorf made it irrelevant, as Ludwig the Bavarian now turned openly against the Pope. Thereupon Berthold von Wintzingerode left politics and spent the rest of his life on his spiritual benefices in Mainz and Hildesheim , where he was provost of St. Mauritius and died in 1326.

literature

  • Wilhelm Clothar Freiherr von Wintzingerode: History of the family von Wintzingerode. Gotha 1913.