Konrad II of Babenberg

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Archbishop Konrad II of Salzburg

Konrad von Babenberg (* around 1115; † September 28, 1168 in Salzburg ) was Bishop of Passau and, as Konrad II, Archbishop of Salzburg .

Life

Konrad came from the powerful Austrian family of the Babenbergs . As the son of Leopold III, who was later canonized . and the re-wed Agnes von Waiblingen , he was a brother of the famous historiographer Otto von Freising and the Duke Heinrich Jasomirgott of Bavaria and Austria, a half-brother of King Konrad III. and a (half) uncle of Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa . Konrad became provost of the cathedral of Utrecht in 1140 , and also provost of Hildesheim in 1143 . In 1148 he became Conrad I Bishop of Passau . In 1159 he granted the citizens of Sankt Pölten a jurisdiction privilege, which is controversially discussed as the oldest city law in Austria.

The learned and pious clergyman was elected Archbishop of Salzburg on June 29, 1164. In the papal schism he took a very cautious position and avoided any visible partisanship for Alexander III. , while the majority of the members of the Salzburg cathedral chapter and the Salzburg ministerials for Alexander III. Took sides. In 1164 Konrad also refused the recognition of the imperial antipope Paschal III. decidedly why the emperor refused to grant him the regalia, without which, according to the imperial view, he could not get any secular sovereignty in his country. The emperor made several requests to join his party. In Nuremberg Konrad was accused at the beginning of 1166 of having illegally taken possession of the archbishopric, but for the time being there was no conviction. On March 29, 1166 but imposed the emperor, in Salzburgian running Residing over the archbishopric of Salzburg , the imperial ban . In the years to come, Salzburg had to pass a tough test which one contemporary called the “history of doom” (historia calamitatum). All Salzburg fiefdoms, but also the property , were lent by the emperor to loyal members of the imperial party. When the city of Salzburg and the cathedral burned down in 1167 , the blame was placed on the mighty Counts of Plain , who supposedly had the imperial order to set fire to the city. After the initial success of Friedrich Barbarossa, who with his strong army in 1167 Alexander III. in Rome, Barbarossa had to flee back to Germany after a malaria epidemic raging in the German army . The Salzburg archbishop died shortly after the emperor's return to Germany.

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SURNAME Konrad II of Babenberg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Konrad von Babenberg; Conrad II of Salzburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Passau, Archbishop of Salzburg
DATE OF BIRTH around 1115
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1168
Place of death Salzburg