Eberhard von Randeck

Coat of arms of the Palatinate Randecker

Eberhard von Randeck (* in the 13th or 14th century ; † January 3, 1372 ) was cathedral dean and elected bishop of Speyer .

Life

origin

He came from the aristocratic family of the same name, resident in the northern Palatinate castle Randeck, and was the son of Eberhard II von Randeck († 1326) and his wife Ida von Nack . About his grandmother Beatrix von Randeck geb. von Ehrenberg , a sister of the grandfather of the Speyer bishop Gerhard von Ehrenberg , he was his grandcousin .

canon

Eberhard chose the spiritual profession. On April 10, 1337 he appears for the first time in a document as a canon in Speyer, in 1341 he was already at the seat of the cathedral chapter as dean . He was held in high regard by his relative, Bishop Gerhard von Ehrenberg. In 1352 he was accepted as a Speyer citizen , with the obligation to contribute a helmeted soldier to the urban war people if necessary. He made great contributions to the incorporation of the parish church of Fußgönheim into the Speyer cathedral monastery . Therefore, in 1356, the cathedral chapter founded a daily mass for him and his relatives on the St. Cyriakus altar that he built. The celebrant was rewarded and a. a monastery wake is always enough, which is why the early morning service was generally called wake-up mass .

Bishop Select

When Bishop Gerhard von Ehrenberg died in 1363 and was buried, the Speyer cathedral chapter met to elect a successor. The choice fell on the cathedral dean Eberhard von Randeck. Franz Xaver Remling states that Randeck was known for his efficiency and honesty. He was also a citizen of Speyer and thus welcomed to the city as one of its own. However, Emperor Charles IV insisted on his devoted advisor Lamprecht von Brunn , whom Pope Urban V therefore confirmed as Speyer bishop. Both the cathedral chapter and the city protested against Brunn; Speyer officially denied him entry. Both institutions sent messengers to the imperial court to stand up for Randeck's rights. The episcopal officials and servants all paid homage to the cathedral dean they knew as the new bishop and sovereign. In the documents he issued, Eberhard von Randeck always referred to himself as the “chosen bishop of Speyer” . As such he enfeoffed in October 1364 a. a. the brothers Dieter and Wienand Kämmerer von Worms with the castle Dalberg , which later gave them their name, and the Kropsburg . After unsuccessful threats of interdict and church ban , Lamprecht von Brunn tried to win the other side through amicable negotiations. The emperor himself offered himself as a mediator.

Resignation

Eberhard von Randeck was tired of the disputes, did not want to damage the diocese and saw the hopelessness of his position. Neither the emperor nor the pope recognized him as shepherd and the archbishop of Mainz therefore refused his consecration. Finally, he consented to the resignation. On January 20, 1365, Emperor Karl IV decreed that he should be entitled to the lifelong usufruct of the Hochstiftischen Kestenburg and Udenheim Castle with the local Rhine toll as compensation . From then on, Eberhard von Randeck mainly stayed in Udenheim (Philippsburg), but he also continued to serve as dean of the cathedral under his rival.

Randeck died on January 3rd, 1372 and is registered on this day with a memorial for the year in the younger Seelbuch of the Speyer Cathedral .

literature

• Konrad von Busch and Franz Xaver Glasschröder : Choir Rule and Younger Sea Book of the old Speyer Cathedral Chapter , Speyer, Historischer Verein der Pfalz, 1923, pages 36 and 37 (with biographical information on the person)
• Franz Xaver Remling : History of the Bishops of Speyer , Volume 1, pp. 630–634, Mainz, 1852; (Digital scan)

Web links

• Coat of arms website showing the coat of arms of the von Randeck family from the Palatinate

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Genealogical website on parents
2. ^ Johann Samuel Publication: Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste , First Section, 31st part, p. 428, Leipzig, Brockhaus Verlag, 1838; (Digital scan)
3. ↑ Website on the history of Philippsburg (under the wrong year 1356) ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.