Friedrich II of Zollern

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bishop Friedrich II of Zollern. Portrait of Hans Burgkmair the Elder
Coat of arms of the bishop in the cloister of Augsburg Cathedral, around 1486–1488 (Zollern coat of arms and coat of arms of the Augsburg bishopric)

Friedrich II. Von Zollern (* 1451 ; † March 8, 1505 in Dillingen Castle ) was bishop of Augsburg from 1486 until his death .

family

Friedrich was the eldest son of Jobst Nikolaus I , Count von Hohenzollern , and Agnes von Werdenberg , a sister of Count Hugo XI. von Werdenberg and Bishop Johann II of Augsburg . Count Eitel Friedrich II. Was one of his brothers, Georg Truchsess von Waldburg-Zeil , the "Bauernjörg", one of the nephews.

Life

Friedrich was a canon in Constance and Strasbourg . He studied at the University of Freiburg and the University of Erfurt , where he became rector of the university in 1470. From 1477 he was the rector of Freiburg, where he met the theologian Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg . Their relationship deepened in Strasbourg, where Friedrich became dean of the cathedral and Geiler worked as a preacher at the Strasbourg cathedral .

After the death of his uncle, Johann II von Werdenberg , Bishop of Augsburg , he was elected, with the support of the Habsburgs, as his successor in 1486. His defeated opponent was Prince Johann von Pfalz-Mosbach (1443–1486), who went to the Holy Land out of disappointment about his refusal and died there in the same year.

The Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie explains the assumption of the office of bishop by Friedrich von Zollern: “Having pointed out the obligations associated with his high dignity by Geiler, he was careful to give his office the spiritual character more than most of the contemporary bishops true. On festive occasions he performed the worship services himself, in contrast to his peers, whose dress, as he himself said, often resembled that of musicians, he wore a simple, dignified costume and believed to lead a chaste and pure life to the end. " Right at the beginning of his term of office, he convened a diocesan synod in Dillingen, he won his friend Geiler von Kaysersberg in 1488 and 1490 as a guest preacher in Augsburg Cathedral . Friedrich visited the monasteries and promoted the reform efforts of the Benedictine order . In 1500 the basilica St. Ulrich and Afra was consecrated.

The Hochstift was enlarged by redeeming the Pfaffenhausen pledge and the acquisition of the Aislingen rule and in 1497 joined the Swabian Federation . The Roman-German King and later Emperor Maximilian was supported by loans and troops in battles with the Swiss and in the Landshut War of Succession .

The bishop's relationship with his family was pleasant and friendly. He showed filial love and admiration for his father all his life. He was a benevolent and caring uncle to the children of his siblings.

Friedrich died unexpectedly, of a sudden illness, on March 8, 1505, in the episcopal castle in Dillingen and was buried in the Gertrudenkapelle of Augsburg Cathedral. He had already written a death song for himself and had his tomb prepared himself.

literature

Web links

Commons : Friedrich II. Von Zollern  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Annual report of the historical district association in the administrative districts of Schwaben and Neuburg , Volume 31, 1866, p. 85; (Digital scan)
predecessor Office successor
Johann II of Werdenberg Bishop of Augsburg
1486–1505 		Heinrich IV of Lichtenau
personal data
SURNAME Zollern, Friedrich II. Von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Augsburg
DATE OF BIRTH 1451
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1505
Place of death Dillingen Castle