Heinrich von Berg

Heinrich III coat of arms from Berg to Lorenz Fries: Chronicle of the Bishops of Würzburg, 1574–1582

Heinrich von Berg († April 14, 1197 in Würzburg ) was bishop of Passau from 1169 to 1171 and bishop of Würzburg from 1191 to 1197 .

origin

Heinrich von Berg comes from the Swabian counts of the von Berg family . His parents were Diepold II. Count von Berg- Schelklingen and Gisela von Dießen-Andechs . His younger brothers were Diepold von Berg and Manegold von Berg , both later also Bishop of Passau. The Freising Bishop Otto II von Berg was also his brother. Count Berthold I von Henneberg is considered the nephew . One uncle was Bishop Otto II of Bamberg .

According to the counting of the ranks of bishops, Count Heinrich is as Passau Bishop Heinrich I and as Würzburg Bishop Heinrich III.

Bishop of Passau

Heinrich began his spiritual career as Canon of Speyer and was chosen by Friedrich Barbarossa as Bishop of Passau over the candidate of Pope Alexander III. Albo preferred, but had to resign a little later in 1171 and he was followed by his younger brother Diepold. Heinrich went back to Speyer and was promoted to Provost of the Cathedral in 1176 and also took over this office in Bamberg in 1180 .

Bishop of Würzburg

It appeared in imperial politics in 1193 when the Emperor was a guest in Würzburg and negotiated a treaty with Duke Leopold of Austria on February 14th for the extradition of the English King Richard the Lionheart , who had been captured on his return from the Third Crusade .

literature

• Peter Kolb, Ernst-Günther Krenig (Ed.): Lower Franconian history. Volume 1: From the Germanic conquest to the high Middle Ages. Echter, Würzburg 1989, ISBN 3-429-01263-5 , pp. 350-351.

predecessor	Office	successor
Albo	Bishop of Passau 1169–1172	Diepold von Berg
Philip of Swabia	Bishop of Würzburg 1191–1197	Gottfried II.