Ellenhard
Ellenhard von Freising († March 11, 1078 ) was the 19th bishop of Freising from 1052 to 1078 .
He is the younger son of Count Sieghard VII in Chiemgau and Billihild from the upper Isar, daughter of Count Friedrich. An ancestry from the dynasty of the Counts of Tyrol is disputed.
Ellenhard was at the instigation of Heinrich III. Bishop of Freising, the episcopal ordination took place on November 15, 1052. In the investiture controversy, he was always on the side of Emperor Heinrich IV , who repeatedly visited the Bishop of Freising. At the Synod of Worms in 1076 he was one of the bishops who pronounced the removal of Pope Gregory VII .
Before the year 1062 Ellenhard was the new founder of the St. Andreas Abbey on the Freisinger Domberg , where he was also buried.
literature
- Johanna Autenrieth: Ellenhardus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , pp. 454 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Lorenz Maier : Ellenhard. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 173 ( digitized version ).
- Wilhelm Störmer : Ellenhard, Bishop of Freising (1052 / 53-1078 / † 1078) . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 3, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-7608-8903-4 , Sp. 1847.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Nitker |
Bishop of Freising 1052-1078 |
Meginward |
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| SURNAME | Ellenhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Freising (1052-1078) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1078 |