Heinrich I. (Seckau)

Half-length portrait of Bishop Heinrich I, Seckau basilica , bishop's chapel (depiction around 1595)

Heinrich I († October 7, 1243 ) was the second bishop of Seckau .

Heinrich was the son of a citizen of Zwettler , became provost of Maria Saal in 1229 and studied in Graz . From 1231 he worked at the archbishop's curia in Salzburg , which was involved in legal transactions.

In the same year he was appointed by Archbishop Eberhard von Regensberg as the successor to the first Seckau bishop Karl . As an elected bishop, he was already active as procurator at the apostolic chair and arbitrator on behalf of the archbishop. He was ordained bishop in Friesach on May 30, 1232 .

Heinrich was a loyal supporter of Duke Friedrich II of Babenberg , as his envoy he stayed several times at the court of Emperor Friedrich II . He was also present in Augsburg in 1236 when the emperor pronounced the imperial ban on Duke Friedrich. Heinrich rendered valuable services to the duke in the peace negotiations with the emperor and received letters of grace and grace in return. In 1239 he was awarded powerful fiefs. 1239 commissioned Pope Gregory IX. Heinrich to investigate the lawsuits of Duke Otto II of Bavaria against the Freising Bishop Konrad von Tölz-Hohenburg .

Bishop Heinrich died on October 7, 1243 and was buried in the collegiate church of his hometown Zwettl according to his wishes.

literature

• Erwin Gatz (ed.): The bishops of the Holy Roman Empire. 1198 to 1448. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-10303-3 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Charles I.	Bishop of Seckau 1231–1243	Ulrich I.