Friedrich II. Von Berg

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Friedrich von Berg-Altena (* around 1120 ?; † December 15, 1158 near Pavia ) was as Friedrich II. From 1156 to 1158 Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cologne .

Life

He was a son of Count Adolf II von Berg (* around 1095; † 1160 - 1170 ) and his second wife Irmgard (?), A daughter of Engelbert von Schwarzenburg and niece of Cologne Archbishop Friedrich I von Schwarzenburg. He was a brother of Archbishop Bruno III. von Berg , a nephew of Archbishop Bruno II von Berg and an uncle of Archbishop Engelbert I of Cologne .

Belonging to the Cologne cathedral chapter, Friedrich was also provost of St. Georg in Cologne from 1140 to 1156 . 1150 elected bishop of Utrecht in a controversial election, this was by Konrad III. not accepted and Friedrich not confirmed as bishop. The bishops Albrecht I of Meißen and Otto von Freising came specially to support him in asserting himself against Hermann von Horn .

In May 1156 there was also a controversial bishopric election in Cologne. While the prior college elected the Bonn provost Gerhard von Are , the younger canons elected Friedrich von Berg as archbishop. Finally, the two parties quarreled three days before Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa in Nuremberg, who then postponed his decision to a new day in Regensburg. Here he confirmed him as the new Archbishop of Cologne, immediately awarded him the regalia and immediately sent him to Rome for episcopal ordination, where he was confirmed by Pope Hadrian IV in 1157 .

Friedrich was considered an educated man who won the hearts of many people through his friendliness and amiability. The Xanten Book of the Dead writes about him that he was a prince of the highest humanity .

He was loyal to the Kaiser all his life and accompanied him on the second Italian train . He died there on December 15, 1158 near Pavia from the consequences of an unfortunate fall from his horse. He was buried in the Altenberg monastery .

literature

  • Alexander Berner: Crusade and regional rule. The older counts of Berg 1147-1225 , Böhlau, Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-412-22357-1 .
  • Stefan Burkhardt: With staff and sword. Images, bearers and functions of archbishop rule at the time of Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa. The archbishopric of Cologne and Mainz in comparison , Thorbecke, Stuttgart 2008, p. 35.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Oediger: History of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Volume 1: The Diocese of Cologne from the beginning to the end of the 12th century. 2nd Edition. Bachemn, Cologne 1972, ISBN 3-7616-0158-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eduard Machatschek : History of the Bishops of the Meissen Monastery in chronological order (...) . Dresden 1884. p. 119.
predecessor Office successor
Arnold II of Wied Archbishop of Cologne
1156–1158 		Rainald von Dassel
personal data
SURNAME Friedrich II. Von Berg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friedrich II of Cologne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cologne
DATE OF BIRTH around 1120
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1158
Place of death Pavia