Konrad I. von Riddagshausen

Konrad von Riddagshausen († July 17, 1172 in Tire , Palestine ) was bishop of Lübeck from 1164 to 1172 .

Live and act

Konrad had been abbot of the Riddagshausen monastery since 1150 , when he was appointed as his successor as bishop in Lübeck in 1164 after the death of his brother, Bishop Gerold von Heinrich the Lion . In 1165/66 he and Count Bernhard von Ratzeburg took over an embassy to the Danish royal court in order to arrange a meeting between King Waldemar and Henry the Lion. In the conflict over the election of Pope Alexander III. Konrad took his side, since Alexander, like him, belonged to the Cistercian order . This, and the complications due to the extinction of the counts of Stade and in the territorial disputes with the Archbishopric of Bremen Archbishop Hartwig I. came Konrad in a conflict of loyalty to Henry the Lion and Emperor Frederick I. As Konrad in 1167 Henry refused the oath of allegiance, he was prevented from entering his diocese until 1168 and sought refuge in Magdeburg. Through the mediation of the emperor, he reconciled himself with the duke in 1168 and recognized his ducal rights. During his term of office in 1170 the construction of the Petrikirche in Lübeck falls , which he left to the local cathedral chapter . Conrad accompanied Heinrich the Lion on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1172 , where he died on the way back home. He was succeeded by Bishop Heinrich I of Brussels .

literature

W. Biereye: The Diocese of Lübeck up to 1254. In: Journal of the Association for Lübeck History and Archeology . Volume 25, 1929, pp. 261-364 (especially pp. 295-301).
Annette von Boetticher : Konrad I. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 407 f .
Bernd Moeller: German Biographical Encyclopedia of Theology and the Churches. Volume I, A-L, p. 792. De Gruyter Saur, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-110-95988-8 ( online ).

Web links

Joachim Ehlers: The beginnings of the Riddagshausen monastery and the Cistercian order. In: Braunschweigisches Jahrbuch 67. Wolfenbüttel 1986, pp. 81–85. (PDF)

Individual evidence

^ Annette von Boetticher: Konrad I. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Hrsg.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 407 f .

predecessor	Office	successor
Gerold	Bishop of Lübeck 1164–1172	Henry I of Brussels

personal data
SURNAME	Konrad I. von Riddagshausen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Lübeck
DATE OF BIRTH	11th century or 12th century
DATE OF DEATH	July 17, 1172
Place of death	Tire , Palestine

[1] Annette von Boetticher: Konrad I. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Hrsg.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 407 f .