Konrad von Braunschweig-Lüneburg

Konrad von Braunschweig-Lüneburg († September 15, 1300 ) was Bishop of Verden from 1269 to 1300 .

Life

Konrad came from the noble family of the Welfen , he was the youngest son of Otto the child , Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg and Mathilde of Brandenburg , a daughter of Margrave Albrecht II of Brandenburg. Bishop Otto I of Hildesheim was his brother.

After the death of his father, he initially ruled together with his brothers Albrecht and Johann . In 1259 Konrad became provost of the cathedral in Bremen , but after a short time he wanted to be relegated to secular status, which, however, met with resistance from his brothers. Since the Bremen Dompropstei was re-assigned, he became cathedral curator in Hildesheim in 1266/67 . With the support of his brothers, he was postulated Bishop of Verden after the death of Gerhard von Hoyas in 1269. However, he was not elected until 1282 and confirmed in office in 1285. Konrad had the Verden Cathedral , which was probably destroyed by fire in 1268 , rebuilt; the construction was completed in 1470. In the feud with the Archdiocese of Bremen he stood at the side of his brothers, but prevailed against his brother in the conflict over the Lüneburg saltworks and prevented the Bardowick monastery from being relocated to Lüneburg . After the death of his brother Johann in 1277, he became the guardian of his son Otto the Strict . His brother Albrecht, who died in 1279, had also appointed him the guardian of his sons, which, however, met with resistance from Albrecht's widow, who leaned on the King of England. Konrad became the most important representative of the welf domestic interests. He managed to achieve a compromise with the Duchy of Saxony . Duke Albrecht II of Saxony-Wittenberg transferred the counties in Verden, Dörverden , Schneverdingen , Visselhövede and Scheeßel to the Diocese of Verden in 1288 , which significantly enlarged it. After his death in 1300 Konrad was buried in the collegiate church of St. Andreas in Verden .

literature

• Thomas Vogtherr : Konrad, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg . In: Erwin Gatz (ed.): The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1198 to 1448 . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-10303-3 , pp. 839 .
• Karl Ernst Hermann Krause :  Konrad I, Bishop of Verden . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 629 f.
• Christoph Gottlieb Pfannkuche: The older and more recent history of the former Diocese of Verden . tape 1 . Bauer, 1830, p. 125–145 ( full text in Google Book Search).

predecessor	Office	successor
Gerhard I of Hoya	Bishop of Verden 1269-1300	Friedrich von Boizenburg