Henry III. from Brandis
Henry III. von Brandis (first mentioned in 1348; † November 22, 1383 in Klingnau ) was Bishop of Constance from 1357 to 1383 .
Life
Heinrich comes from the Swiss noble family of the Barons von Brandis , who had their headquarters at Brandis Castle near Lützelflüh in the Emmental . His parents were Mangold von Brandis and Margareta von Nellenburg . His brother Eberhard was abbot of the Reichenau monastery and his sister Agnes was the abbess of the Säckingen monastery .
Heinrich was educated in Einsiedeln Abbey and appointed its abbot in 1348. After the murder of Bishop Johann Windlock in 1356, there was a double election by the cathedral chapter . The majority of the chapter elected the Konstanz canon Ulrich von Friedingen , while a minority chose the Bishop of Freising , Albert II von Hohenberg . At the beginning of 1357, the emperor and the pope agreed on the Bamberg bishop Lupold von Bebenburg , but he refused the election. On May 15, 1357, the Pope named Heinrich von Brandis Bishop of Constance. He traveled to Avignon, where he was ordained bishop on May 25th. There he also entered into considerable financial commitments to the Pope. On December 21, 1360 he consecrated a predecessor of the Fridolin Minster in Säckingen .
In 1358 he appointed his brother Wolfram as secular administrator of the diocese, who, however, had the welfare of his family in mind. After the diocese got into arrears with its payments to the Pope, the latter commissioned the Provost Felix Stucki and the Council of the City of Constance to take a position against Heinrich. On 6./7. August 1363 Stucki was murdered in Zurich . Heinrich's brothers Thuringia and Wolfram were among the perpetrators. When Heinrich's nephew Wölfle was slain by the citizens of Constance on the way to a tournament in Zurich in 1368, a conflict broke out with the city of Constance (1368–1372). Heinrich had to flee to Grenoble and occupied the city with the interdict . The city then accused Heinrich of complicity in the murder of his predecessor and of instigating Stucki's murder. Thereupon Heinrich was removed from office by the Pope in April and Johann Schadland was appointed as administrator. After Heinrich and the city of Constance came to an agreement, he was reinstated in 1372.
In the time of the schism , Heinrich was first on the side of Urban VI. , but then switched to Gregor XI's side in 1380 . Shortly before his death, Urban VI set him. and appointed Nikolaus von Riesenburg as his successor.
Heinrich died on November 22, 1383 in Klingnau. On January 27, 1384, the cathedral chapter elected Heinrich's nephew Mangold von Brandis as his successor.
literature
- Karl Rieder: Heinrich III. from Brandis . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 50, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1905, pp. 147-151.
- Veronika Veller Festival: Brandis, Heinrich von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Heinrich von Brandi's book of professions at Einsiedeln Abbey
Web links
- Publications by and about Heinrich III. von Brandis in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ The diocese of Constance: The St. Stephan monastery in Constance, by Helmut Maurer - Google books . books.google.de. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Konrad II of Gösgen |
Abbot of Einsiedeln Monastery 1348–1357 |
Nicholas I of Gutenburg |
| Lupold von Bebenburg |
Bishop of Constance 1357–1383 |
Nikolaus von Riesenburg Mangold von Brandis |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heinrich von Brandis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Constance |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1383 |
| Place of death | Klingnau , Switzerland |