Hartwig II (Bremen)

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The Archbishop of Bremen Hartwig II , also Hartwig von Utlede (or Uthlede ), († November 3, 1207 ) was Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen from 1184 until his death , and Prince of Bremen .

Political career

Coming from the family of the Stiftsministerial von Uthlede , he first came to the Bremen cathedral chapter as a notary and favorite of Henry the Lion . His election as bishop was considered a victory for the Guelphs over the Staufers .

In November 1186 he took part with the Bremen cathedral dean Theodericus (Dietrich) and the Bremen bailiff Alardus at the court day of Friedrich Barbarossa in Gelnhausen, where he granted the city of Bremen the Gelnhauser privilege . With the granting of city ​​rights , the Hohenstaufen ruler also made the civitas subject to the Iustitia imperialis (imperial justice). This can be seen as granting imperial freedom , but this is controversial.

In 1189 Hartwig was expelled by the Bremen citizens and initially emigrated to England, as did Heinrich the Lion in 1182. Later he lived at the Guelph court in Lüneburg and from there waged war against his own diocese . Bishop Waldemar von Schleswig was elected as his counter-archbishop in 1192 , but he was in turn led by King Canute VI from 1193 to 1206 . was held captive by Denmark.

From 1194 Archbishop Hartwig was back in office, but stayed with Count Adolf III. von Schauenburg and the citizens of Bremen in feud until Emperor Heinrich VI. Mediated a peace in 1195. 1197/98 he took on the crusade of Henry VI. to the Holy Land . During his tenure, the Grafschaft Stade, secured by his predecessor Siegfried for the diocese of Bremen , was again lost to the Welfs.

At the time of the German throne dispute between Philipp von Schwaben and Otto von Braunschweig, he appeared on the side of the Staufer party.

In the summer of 1199 he stood for a long time with Count Adolf III. von Holstein, Margrave Otto II of Brandenburg and other princes on the Eider, against an army of King Canute VI. of Denmark in the field. There was no battle, the dispute ended with the Danes withdrawing without a fight.

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He was buried in Bremen Cathedral , but in 1225 he was reburied in the St. Ansgarikirche in Bremen, which he sponsored .

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Footnotes

  1. In documents from the 13th century, the name of today's village Uthlede is always written without an "h"
predecessor Office successor
Siegfried I of Anhalt Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
1184–1207
Burchard von Stumpenhausen