Friedrich I of Lichtenberg

Friedrich von Lichtenberg († December 20, 1306 ) was Bishop of Strasbourg from 1299 to 1306 .

origin

Friedrich came from the Alsatian family of the Lords of Lichtenberg . His parents were Ludwig von Lichtenberg and his wife Elisa. First mentioned in 1255, Friedrich could have been born around 1237. His immediate predecessor in the episcopate was his brother Conrad III.

Friedrich became archdeacon of Metz in 1273 , cantor in 1274 and in 1275 followed his brother Konrad as provost of the cathedral chapter in Strasbourg.

bishop

After his brother's death, he was on 15 September 1299 in the presence of King Albert I elected to succeed him as Bishop of Strasbourg and received in April 1300, the episcopal ordination .

In 1300 he issued statutes for the diocese and in 1301 concluded a land peace with King Albrecht I, the Basel bishop Peter von Aspelt , the landgrave in Alsace and the cities of Basel and Strasbourg . In 1302/04 he granted Ettenheim town charter . He acquired in 1303 by Udalhilt of Fuerstenberg the Burg Fürsteneck and the city of Oberkirch and moved the Augustinian Monastery Obersteigen to Saverne . After his death in 1306, he was buried at the side of his brother Konrad in the St. John's Chapel of the Strasbourg Cathedral .

literature

Francis Rapp: Friedrich von Lichtenberg . In: Erwin Gatz (ed.): The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1198 to 1448 . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-10303-3 , pp. 757 .

Individual evidence

^ Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven: European family tables III. Marburg 1976, plate 90.
^ Fritz Eyer: The territory of the Lords of Lichtenberg 1202-1480. Investigations into the property, the rule and the politics of domestic power of a noble family from the Upper Rhine . In: Writings of the Erwin von Steinbach Foundation . 2nd edition, unchanged in the text, by an introduction extended reprint of the Strasbourg edition, Rhenus-Verlag, 1938. Volume 10 . Pfaehler, Bad Neustadt an der Saale 1985, ISBN 3-922923-31-3 , p. 28 (268 pages).

personal data
SURNAME	Friedrich I of Lichtenberg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Friedrich von Lichtenberg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Strasbourg
DATE OF BIRTH	13th Century
DATE OF DEATH	December 20, 1306

[1] Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven: European family tables III. Marburg 1976, plate 90.

[2] Fritz Eyer: The territory of the Lords of Lichtenberg 1202-1480. Investigations into the property, the rule and the politics of domestic power of a noble family from the Upper Rhine . In: Writings of the Erwin von Steinbach Foundation . 2nd edition, unchanged in the text, by an introduction extended reprint of the Strasbourg edition, Rhenus-Verlag, 1938. Volume 10 . Pfaehler, Bad Neustadt an der Saale 1985, ISBN 3-922923-31-3 , p. 28 (268 pages).