Hermann III. from Hochstaden
Hermann von Hochstaden (* around 1055; † November 21, 1099 ) was known as Hermann III. from 1089 to 1099 Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cologne .
Life
Hermann, also called the Rich , came from the family of the Counts of Hochstaden . His brother was Count Gerhard I von Hochstaden.
From 1076 he is provable as provost in Xanten . From 1085 to 1089 he was under the Roman-German Emperor Heinrich IV. Chancellor for the German part of the empire .
In 1089 he became Archbishop of Cologne and thus also Arch Chancellor for Imperial Italy . He does not seem to have played a politically independent role. However, he was a loyal supporter of the emperor. He supported the reform monastery Siegburg founded by his predecessor Anno II. It was largely through him that the Siegburg reform found its way into the Brauweiler Abbey and Gladbach Monastery .
In 1094 he gave the Cäcilienstifte various possessions and income.
During the pogroms against the Jews in the course of the German Crusade of 1096 , he tried in vain to protect Cologne's Jews from the attacks.
On January 6, 1099, he crowned Heinrich V in Aachen as Roman-German king . Hermann died in 1099 and was buried in the Siegburg monastery .
literature
- Erich Wisplinghoff : Hermann III. from Hochstaden. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 635 ( digitized version ).
- Patricia Tesch-Mertens: Hermann III. - an active politician through passivity? In: Yearbook for the Rhein-Kreis Neuss , 2012, pp. 24–37
Individual evidence
- ^ Theodor Joseph Lacomblet: Document book for the history of the Lower Rhine . Volume 1. 2nd edition. Aalen 1966, p. 161, digital-sammlungen.ulb.uni-bonn.de
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Sigewin from Are |
Archbishop of Cologne 1089-1099 |
Friedrich I of Schwarzenburg |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hermann III. from Hochstaden |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hermann the Rich; Hermann von Hochstaden; Hermann III. from Cologne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cologne |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1055 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 1099 |