Heinrich I of Cologne

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Heinrich von Müllenark (partly also von Molenark ) (* around 1190 ; † March 26, 1238 in Cologne ) was as Heinrich I from 1225 to 1238 Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cologne .

Life

Not much is known about Heinrich's origins. Before his election as Archbishop of Cologne, he was provost of the Cassius monastery in Bonn and was nicknamed "linen pants" throughout his life.

He was elected on November 15, 1225, one week after the murder of his predecessor Engelbert I of Cologne . To bring the murderers to their punishment, he was by Emperor Friedrich II. And Pope Honorius III. equipped with all rights and powers that he needed. He put a bounty of over 2000 silver marks on the capture of Count Friedrich von Isenberg . Heinrich had the castles of the murder suspect Count Friedrich von Isenberg razed. The suspect himself was caught almost a year after the crime. On November 14, 1226 Count Friedrich von Isenberg was whacked in front of Cologne's Severinstor .

After Heinrich had received the imperial regalia in December 1225 and also the papal confirmation on April 26, 1226, he was ordained bishop on September 20, 1226 by Archbishop Dietrich von Wied in Cologne.

His reign was marked by the effort to maintain the ducal power of his predecessor, which led to protracted conflicts with the neighboring Counts of Berg and Kleve, as well as the city of Cologne . In doing so, however, he had to accept a reduction in this position of power through the formation of independent territories and redefine his ducal power, including the granting of numerous city rights, e. B. Rees and Xanten (1228), Deutz (1230), Rheinberg (1233) and Recklinghausen (1236), give testimony.

The long-standing quarrels with his clergy , which culminated in 1233 with the imposition of excommunication due to the question of legal costs, caused him an obstacle to his spiritual and secular activity that should not be underestimated , so that he no longer celebrated church services “cum pontificalibus” for the rest of his term of office could.

In 1235 Archbishop Heinrich traveled together with Duke Heinrich I of Brabant on behalf of Frederick II to London to pick up the English Princess Isabella , a daughter of King Johann Ohneland , who had been chosen as the Emperor's fourth wife , and to bring her to Germany. After the princess first stopped in Cologne , Archbishop Heinrich was also one of her companions on the way to Worms , where the wedding of Frederick II and Isabella took place on July 15, 1235.

After his death, Heinrich was buried in Cologne Cathedral .

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predecessor Office successor
Engelbert I of Cologne Archbishop of Cologne
1225–1238
Konrad von Hochstaden