Charles of Aquitaine
Charles of Aquitaine (* well 825 / 830 ; † 4 June 863 ) was archbishop of Mainz 856-863.
He was the second son of King Pippin I of Aquitaine and his wife Ringart. It fell into the hands of Charles the Bald in 849 and spent the years from 851 to 854 in the monastery , from which he was finally able to escape. On March 6, 856 he was appointed Archbishop of Mainz by Ludwig the German . In 857 Karl held a synod in St. Alban's Abbey near Mainz , where he was later buried.
literature
- Theodor Schieffer : Charles of Aquitaine. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 238 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Theodor Schieffer: Karl of Aquitaine, the way of a Carolingian prince on the chair of St. Boniface. In: Ludwig Lenhart (Ed.): Universitas, Festschrift for Bishop Albert Stohr , II, 1960, pp. 42–54.
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Werner : The cathedral of Mainz, and its monuments. In addition to the presentation of the fate of the city and the history of its archbishops up to the translation of the archbishopric to Regensburg. First volume, Kirchheim, Schott and Thielmann, Mainz, 1827, p. 457
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Rabanus Maurus |
Archbishop of Mainz 856–863 |
Liutbert |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Charles of Aquitaine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | second son of King Pippin I of Aquitaine |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 830 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 4, 863 |