Eberhard I. (Worms)

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Raugraf Eberhard I († March 23, 1277 in Montpellier , France) was Bishop of Worms from 1257 to 1277 .

Origin and family

He came from the Raugrafen family, which died out in 1457, and was born as the son of Raugraf Rupert I and his wife Hedwig von Eberstein .

The Speyer bishop Konrad von Eberstein († 1245) and Eberhard IV. Von Eberstein († 1263), founders of the Rosenthal Monastery , were their mother's brothers; the St. Hedwig and Queen Gertrude of Hungary whose cousins.

Agnes von Eberstein, a sister of the mother, married Count Friedrich II. Von Leiningen . Your children Friedrich III. von Leiningen († 1287), builder of Neuleiningen Castle , Emich IV. von Leiningen († 1281), founder of the city of Landau in the Palatinate , Berthold von Leiningen († 1285), Bishop of Bamberg and Heinrich von Leiningen , Bishop of Speyer ( † 1272) were cousins ​​of Raugraf Eberhard; St. Elisabeth of Thuringia (a daughter of the aforementioned Gertrud of Hungary) his grandcousin.

Live and act

cleric

Eberhard I. was canon in Worms and officiated in 1247 as provost of the cathedral and provost of the Cyriakus monastery in Worms-Neuhausen . At that time, Bishop Konrad von Dürkheim had died and the Worms cathedral chapter chose the Raugrafen as his successor. He was also from the Archbishop of Mainz Siegfried III. supported by Eppstein . The papal cardinal legate Pietro Capocci , however, appointed Richard von Daun as bishop, which Pope Innocent IV confirmed. Through the mediation of King Wilhelm of Holland , Raugraf Eberhard finally waived his claims in 1253 after he had been compensated.

Bishop of Worms

Document of the bishop from 1268
Grave slab of Raugraf Heinrich I († 1261), Rosenthal Abbey (Palatinate) ; Brother of the bishop

Bishop Richard von Daun died in the winter of 1257 after ten years in office. On December 28th, the Worms cathedral chapter again elected Raugraf Eberhard as bishop. The election was supported by his cousin Bishop Heinrich von Leiningen (Speyer) and confirmed by Archbishop of Mainz, Gerhard I von Dhaun , on January 11, 1258. As early as 1259 he donated the Schönau monastery with rich property in Plankstadt . The bishop allied himself with King Richard of Cornwall and was supposed to win the city of Worms for him on his behalf, but this did not succeed. At the end of November 1273, his successor Rudolf von Habsburg visited the city. On December 3, the citizenry took the oath of allegiance before the bishop's court, which Bishop Eberhard I auditioned.

On May 22, 1261, Raugraf Eberhard consecrated the monastery church in Rosenthal , which his uncle had donated and which still exists as a ruin. His brother Raugraf Heinrich I was buried there in October of that year ; the grave slab is preserved in the church ruins. According to the Regensburg Chronicle of Carl Theodor Gemeiner , he was the knight who exchanged letters with Duchess Maria von Brabant , which is why she, out of unfounded jealousy, was beheaded in 1256 on the orders of her husband Ludwig the Strict of Bavaria .

After the Mainz Provincial Synod of 1261, Bishop Eberhard began to implement the reforms that had been decided there; in 1265 he consecrated the rebuilt Martinskirche Worms and its new main altar. At the time of Eberhard, the Worms cathedral chapter or the collegiate chapter and the city often got into serious disputes, with the chief shepherd again and again assuming a comforting, mediating role.

Bishop Eberhard I traveled to Rome and various other places on behalf of King Rudolf von Habsburg . He died at one of these embassies in Montpellier, France, in 1277 and was buried in the Otterberg monastery. His brother, Raugraf Friedrich I, took over the office.

Bishop Emich I von Worms († 1299) was his nephew.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical website from Prof. Herbert Stoyander on the mother
  2. ^ Website on Richard von Daun from the German biography
  3. ^ Adolph Köllner: History of the rule Kirchheim-Boland and Stauf , Wiesbaden, 1854, p. 88; (Digital scan)
  4. ↑ ibid., P. 89; (Digital scan)
  5. ↑ Website of the Martinskirche Worms
  6. ^ Adolph Köllner: Geschichte der Herrschaft Kirchheim-Boland and Stauf , Wiesbaden, 1854, p. 87; (Digital scan)
predecessor Office successor
Richard von Daun Bishop of Worms
1257–1277 		Friedrich I.
personal data
SURNAME Eberhard I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eberhard I. von Worms; Raugraf Eberhard I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Worms
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1277
Place of death Montpellier