Gerhard I of Hamburg-Bremen

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Gerhard I. von Hamburg-Bremen , also Gerhard von Oldenburg-Wildeshausen († August 13, 1219 in Frankfurt am Main ) was 1191 / 92-1216 Bishop of Osnabrück and 1210-1219 Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen . He was the last to hold the title of Hamburg Archbishop until his death.

biography

Gerhard was the second son of Count Heinrich I of Oldenburg from the Wildeshausen line († 1167) and Salome von Geldern-Zütphen, the daughter of Count Heinrich von Geldern.

After the death of Bishop Arnold (1191), the Osnabrück cathedral chapter elected him as the new bishop in 1191/92. He was a supporter of the Hohenstaufen . This led to conflicts in the disputes between King Philip of Swabia and Emperor Otto IV. He is also said to have not been careful enough with the church property.

1210, during the dispute between Pope Innocent III. and Emperor Otto IV for the election of the Archbishop of Bremen, the Pope did not confirm the two elected candidates - the Schleswig Bishop Waldemar and Burchard von Stumpenhausen . Waldemar was banned, Burchard renounced. Gerhard - a relative of Burchard - was elected archbishop by the Bremen cathedral chapter on October 30, 1210 . It was not until 1216/17 that he was actually able to take up the office and so he remained Bishop of Osnabrück. Emperor Otto IV, the Stedinger and other peasant groups as well as the city of Bremen held on to Waldemar, while the ministerials held on to Gerhard. Waldemar actually held the office of archbishop from 1211/12 to 1216/17 ( Waldemarschen Wirren ). Various battles and victories by Gerhard's great-nephew, Count Heinrich II. Von Hoya-Stumpenhausen ( County Hoya ) against peasants and noblemen ( Counts of Stotel , Lords of Hagen in Bremen ) did not bring a final decision in 1212 and 1214.

In 1215, when Friedrich II was coronated as emperor, Gerhard assisted as Bishop of Osnabrück, but then called himself Archbishop. After the fall of Otto IV, he won against the Stedinger. In 1217 the city of Bremen had to submit to the so-called unity . Gerhard moved into Bremen with pomp. However, he had confirmed to the city the freedoms obtained by Archbishop Hartwig II . A quiet period followed. The ore pin could only recover a little from the previous battles. The House of Oldenburg, however, had been strengthened by Gerhard and his brother Otto I , who was also Bishop of Munster from 1204 to 1218 .

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predecessor Office successor
Arnold von Berg-Altena Bishop of Osnabrück
1190–1216 		Adolf of Tecklenburg
Waldemar Prince of Denmark Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
1210–1219 		Gerhard II., To the lip
personal data
SURNAME Gerhard I of Hamburg-Bremen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gerhard von Oldenburg-Wildeshausen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Osnabrück and Archbishop of Bremen
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1219
Place of death Frankfurt am Main