Folmar von Karden

Silver pfennig from Folmar von Karden (or from Rudolf von Wied), around 1186–1189.

Folmar (also Fulmar , Vollmar , Formal , Formator , etc.), called von Karden or von Blieskastel (* around 1135, † 1189 in Trier ), was Archbishop of Trier from 1183 to 1189, the last not to be elector at the same time. Folmar was considered an opponent of Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa in the investiture dispute . The historian Bernhard von Simson called Folmar a "restless, ambitious and tough man".

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Perhaps it came from the count's house in Bliescastel . Folmar was provost of the monastery St. Kastor in Karden and from 1163 to 1183 archdeacon in Trier and Metz . He was founded by Pope Lucius III. appointed archbishop , whereas Barbarossa invested the Trier cathedral provost Rudolf von Wied as archbishop. The dispute only ended in 1189 with the death of Folmar von Kardens. Folmar was supported by the Archbishop of Cologne, Philipp von Heinsberg . Philipp had a Cologne castle built in Zeltingen .

According to the chronicle of Roger von Hoveden , “ Formalis Treverensis archiepiscopus ” was one of the prelates who concelebrated at the coronation of King Richard the Lionheart ; he died in exile in Northampton that same year .

literature

• Bernhard final rule:  Johann I, Archbishop of Trier . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 420 f.
• Wilhelm Martens:  Philipp von Heinsberg, Archbishop of Cologne . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 3-8.
• William Stubbs (Ed.) Chronica Magistri Rogeri de Hovedene (4 volumes., Rolls series, 1868–71), available on the Internet Archive here: Volume 3 .
• Bernhard von Simson: History of the German Empire (GddK). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, available on the Internet Archive here: Volume 6.
• William Stubbs (Ed.) Chronica Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi Benedicti Abbatis (2 volumes., Rolls series, 1868–71), available on Google Books here: Volume 2 . (in Latin)
• Joachim Conrad : Karden Folmar from. In: Saarland biographies. 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ History of the German Imperial Period , Vol. VI, p. 142.
2. ↑ ADB , Vol. 14, p. 420. Simson claims, "The assumption that he belonged to the family of the Counts of Bliescastel is wrong", GddK , Vol. VI, p. 58, note 1.
3. ↑ GddK , Vol. VI, p. 58.
4. ↑ Chronica , Volume 3, pp. 8-15. Volume 3, p. 8 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Arnold I.	Archbishop of Trier 1183–1189	Johann I.