Dietrich von Hardenberg

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Dietrich von Hardenberg (* 1465 ; † 1526 ) was Dietrich IV. Bishop of the Diocese of Brandenburg from 1521 to 1526.

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Dietrich IV. Was the eldest son of Dietrich II. And Margarete von Saldern from the Lindau line of the von Hardenberg family .

From 1488 he was a student in Erfurt . On November 14, 1505, he issued a loan letter for Joh. Stekelen. From January 31, 1512, he was canon of Halberstadt in the service of the Brandenburg Elector Joachim I in various diplomatic missions. On March 12, 1513, he witnessed a comparison between Duke Heinrich I of Braunschweig and Lüneburg and Count Johann von Holstein-Schaumburg. On April 23, 1517, Elector Joachim I was asked by a Brandenburg diplomat von Matzan to send Dietrich von Hardenberg as an envoy to France . In addition to his work for the Elector, he was also on various missions for the Hildesheim Bishop Johannes IV . On December 5, 1518, Bishop John IV enfeoffed him with various goods. In the spring of 1519 Dietrich was twice as ambassador to the service of Elector Joachim I in Cologne, where he was the political stance of the Archbishop of Hardenberg Hermann V. explore and him for the imperial election of the king I. Franz win. At the end of 1520 he went to the French court on a diplomatic mission with the provost of Besskow, Andreas Huth. On April 4, 1521, he arrived in Worms from Paris .

On April 12, 1521, the Brandenburg bishop Hieronymus Schulz became the new bishop of Havelberg, and Dietrich von Hardenberg received the diocese of Brandenburg for his services for Elector Joachim I. On May 17, 1521 Pope Leo X transferred the episcopal dignity to Dietrich von Hardenberg. As a bishop he showed himself to be a zealous Catholic and enemy of the Reformation, which, however, under his episcopate as a result of careless measures, especially in the parts of the Brandenburg diocese outside the Kurmark territory, gained ground. It is believed that he died on May 13, 1526. He was buried in the Brandenburg Cathedral .

Bishop named Dietrich

  • Dietrich (Brandenburg) is only mentioned as Dietrich in the Germania-sacra . Although he won the election as Bishop of Brandenburg, but received papal approval, some researchers still call him Dietrich I.
  • Dietrich von Kothe is mentioned in the Germania-sacra as Dietrich I., but is called Dietrich II by some researchers
  • Dietrich von der Schulenburg is mentioned in the Germania-sacra as Dietrich II, but is called Dietrich III by some researchers. called
  • Dietrich von Stechow is named Dietrich III in the Germania-sacra . called, but is called Dietrich IV by some researchers
  • Dietrich von Hardenberg is mentioned in the Germania-sacra as Dietrich IV, but is called Dietrich V. by some researchers

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  1. ^ Germania-scara , accessed on July 6, 2017.
predecessor Office successor
Jerome Bishop of Brandenburg
1521–1526 		Matthias
personal data
SURNAME Dietrich von Hardenberg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dietrich IV.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Brandenburg
DATE OF BIRTH 1465
DATE OF DEATH 1526