Dietrich I. von der Mark

Dietrich von der Mark (* 1336 ; † 1406 ) held numerous canon positions and was provost in Cologne . He was twice administrator of the bishopric of Osnabrück and later refused to be elected Bishop of Liège . He returned to the worldly class and was Herr von Dinslaken .

family

He was the son of Count Adolf II and Margarete von Kleve . Brothers were Count Engelbert III. von der Mark and Adolf III. from the mark . One uncle was Engelbert III. von der Mark , Archbishop of Cologne .

Early years

He studied in Montpellier between 1353 and 1357 . He was a canon in Liège as early as 1354 and in Worms from 1355 . Before 1360 he was provost in Schildesche . He had to give up the office because of the provost in Xanten. In September 1360 he was appointed provost in Xanten by Innocent VI. provided. Besides him there was also the competitor Reinhard von Hanau. The chapter recognized Dietrich in 1361, but a process at the curia continued until 1364. That year he was named provost by the Curia. He gave up the position around 1369.

First administration in Osnabrück

As early as 1361 he was appointed provisional / administrator of the Osnabrück monastery for twelve years or until the bishop's death. He was responsible for the secular government of the monastery for Bishop Johann II Hut . He managed to get hold of the pen. Among them was the Iburg . In 1363, Bishop Gerhard von Minden allied himself with some counts against Dietrich, defeated him in a battle and took him prisoner. He was set free by his brothers. As a result, there were still conflicts between Dietrich and the Münster bishop Florence von Wevelinghoven . After the death of Bishop Johann, he hoped for a successor, but instead of him, the Pope appointed Melchior von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen as bishop in 1366 . After paying 2100 marks as compensation for the costs incurred for the monastery, Dietrich returned the castles he had occupied to the monastery.

Second administration in Osnabrück

Between 1364 and 1371 he was canon in Trier and Cologne. Before 1367 he also held the provosts in Rees and Zyfflich for a time . In Cologne he was also provost of the cathedral from 1368 to 1374. In 1371 he received a commission from Gregory XI. also a cathedral canonical in Münster. He received this in exchange for his cathedral canon in Liège.

The new bishop in Osnabrück was also doing poorly and had to pledge property, especially since the monastery still had to raise the compensation for Dietrich. After the bishop was captured by the Counts of Hoya , Dietrich von der Mark was reappointed administrator of the monastery in 1373. The main goal was to regain the Iburg, which had been pledged to the Tecklenburger, and to raise a ransom of 12,000 guilders for the bishop.

After his release, the bishop went to the papal court and indicted Dietrich. The conflict ended when the Pope appointed Melchior bishop of Schwerin . Once again, Dietrich's hope for the bishopric of Osnabrück was disappointed because Dietrich von Horne was elected. A feud broke out with the new bishop Dietrich von Horne because of the demands of the Counts of the Mark, but this was finally settled.

Mr. von Dinslaken

He had probably already returned to the worldly class and was Herr von Dinslaken. As such, he led a feud against the imperial city of Dortmund from 1376 . After the peace agreement there was even an alliance with Dortmund. In his time, coins were minted in Dinslaken. In 1389 he was elected Bishop of Liège. But he did not accept the election.

Wilhelm Classen and Wilhelm Kohl stated that he fell in a feud near Elberfeld in 1398 . This is a misinterpretation and a mix-up with his nephew Dietrich II von der Mark . In 1392, after the death of his brother, Dietrich also became a lender of Duisburg . After his death he was buried in the Dominican church in Wesel .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heike Hawicks: Xanten in the late Middle Ages: pen and city caught between Cologne and Cleves. Cologne u. a., 2007 p. 319f.
2. ↑ Heike Hawicks: Xanten in the late Middle Ages: pen and city caught between Cologne and Cleves. Cologne u. a., 2007 p. 432
3. ↑ Margret Mihm / Arend Mihm: Medieval city accounts in the historical process. The oldest Duisburg tradition (1348-1449). Bd, 1 Cologne u. a. 2007 p. 66

literature

• Ralf Althoff: The medieval coins of the Dinslaken Duisburg rule , 1996.
• Wilhelm Classen: Archdeaconate Xanten. Part 1. Berlin, 1938 p. 89 (Germania Sacra AF Abt. III Bd. 1,1).
• Johann F. Knapp: Regent and people history of the countries Cleve, Mark, Jülich, Berg and Ravensberg. Vol. 2 Krefeld, 1836 pp. 343-352.
• Wilhelm Kohl: The cathedral monastery of St. Paul in Münster. Vol. 2 Berlin, New York 1982 p. 525 ( Germania Sacra NF 17.2).
• Josef Spiegel: Count Dietrich von der Mark, Lord of Dinslaken and Wesel, and his coins , in: Der Märker , Bd. 13, 1964, pp. 178–192.