Conrad III. from Bibra

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Portrait of Konrad von Bibra
Engraving by Johann Salver , ca.1710

Conrad III. von Bibra (* 1490 ; † August 8, 1544 in Würzburg ), Duke in Franconia, was Prince-Bishop of Würzburg from 1540 until his death in 1544 .

Life

Konrad von Bibra studied at the universities of Cologne , Bologna , Erfurt and Ingolstadt . All his life, he found it difficult to choose the priesthood. Between 1520 and 1532 he accepted a position as priest three times and resigned. During the Peasants' War in 1525 he was among the defenders of the besieged Marienberg Fortress in Würzburg. After that, he was on the commission, which determined the damage. Finally, in 1539, he again accepted a position as a priest. On April 28, 1540 he became head of Neumünster in Würzburg . On July 1, 1540, he was surprisingly elected Prince-Bishop. After that, he represented quite independent, sometimes uncompromising attitudes. One of his advisors was Lorenz Fries , who had already proven himself under his predecessor . He was able to postpone his ordination as priest and bishop seven times in Rome without ever receiving ordination. He also refused to appear at the Reichstag in person, despite imperial admonitions - although he apologized .

When the plague broke out in Würzburg in 1542 , he moved his headquarters to Aschach and Neustadt an der Saale . On August 8, 1544, after only four years of reign, he died, which also solved the problem that he had never fully completed the ordination vows and the formal appointment as prince-bishop. There are different statements about the circumstances of his death: On the one hand, it is claimed that he died on the stone . On the other hand, he was poisoned at the instigation of the clergy in Würzburg. This is also supported by the fact that the bishop's head chef died under mysterious circumstances a little later.

Feud of Grumbach-Zobel

Shortly before his death, Konrad gave Wilhelm von Grumbach 10,000 gold guilders as a gift without having obtained the approval of the cathedral chapter. When Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt became Prince Bishop after his death , he demanded the money back from Grumbach. Grumbach paid, but the harmonious relationship between lord and vassal was destroyed, which is why Grumbach said goodbye to Würzburg.

Konrad left behind two children of his own: Konrad and Katharine Biber. Katharine married Christoph Kretzen. Kretzen later murdered the subsequent Prince-Bishop Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt, apparently on the orders of his lord Wilhelm von Grumbach. Grumbach's adventurous life made him famous. The attack was carried out near the Heiligen-Brücke in Würzburg on the side of the fortress.

Bibra's family

Main article: Bibra (noble family)

Konrad was a member of the noble Franconian family von Bibra . There were other church dignitaries within the family, e. B. Lorenz von Bibra , also Prince-Bishop of Würzburg (1459–1519). Lorenz's half-brother, Wilhelm von Bibra , was the papal envoy. Heinrich von Bibra (1711–1788) was Prince Bishop and Abbot in Fulda.

gallery

  • Epitaph of Konrad in Würzburg Cathedral (northern transept of the cathedral) by Peter Dell the Elder. Ä.

  • Conrad's grave slab in the Marienkirche in Würzburg

  • The prince-bishop's coat of arms stone from 1542 in the entrance hall of Arnstein Castle

  • Another sandstone coat of arms from 1542 from the entrance hall in Arnstein Castle

  • Illustration of Konrad by Johann Octavian Salver . That it is Konrad can be seen from his coat of arms.

  • Pedigree

literature

  • Theobald Freudenberger: The Prince-Bishops of Würzburg and the Council of Trent. Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Münster 1989, ISBN 3-402-03775-0 , ( Reformation history studies and texts 128).
  • Werner Wagenhöfer: The Bibra. Studies and materials on the genealogy and ownership history of a Franconian lower nobility family in the late Middle Ages. Verlag Degener & Co, Neustadt an der Aisch 1998, ISBN 3-7686-9147-0 , ( publications by the Society for Franconian History 9, 45), (also: Würzburg, Univ., Diss., 1996/97).
  • Wilhelm Freiherr von Bibra: History of the family of the Freiherrn von Bibra. Kaiser, Munich 1870.
  • Wilhelm Freiherr von Bibra: Contributions to the family history of the imperial barons of Bibra . Second volume. Kaiser, Munich 1882.
  • Alfred Wendehorst : The diocese of Würzburg . Part 3: The series of bishops from 1455 to 1617. de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1978, ISBN 3-11-007475-3 , ( Germania sacra NF 13: The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz ), pp. 100-109. ( Digitized version )
  • Alfred Wendehorst:  Konrad III. from Bibra. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 533 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dieter Schnabel: Ritter Wilhelm von Grumbach , URANIA Culture and Education Association Gotha eV, 2012
  2. ↑ Stefan Kummer : Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume 2: From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 576–678 and 942–952, here: pp. 581 f.
predecessor Office successor
Konrad II of Thüngen Prince Bishop of Würzburg
1540 - 1544 		Melchior Zobel from Giebelstadt
personal data
SURNAME Bibra, Konrad von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince-Bishop of Würzburg
DATE OF BIRTH 1490
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1544
Place of death Wurzburg