Kuno II of Falkenstein

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Kuno II. Von Falkenstein (actually Konrad von Falkenstein ; * around 1320; † May 21, 1388 at Maus Castle ) was Archbishop and Elector of Trier from 1362 to 1388 .

Tomb of Kuno II von Falkenstein in the Basilica of St. Kastor in Koblenz

Life

His parents were Philipp IV von Falkenstein and Countess Johanna von Saar Werden . They decided early on that their son should become a cleric . At that time, however, children and young people who attended choir or monastery schools were also referred to as "domicellarius". From 1345 he was a scholaster at the cathedral school in Mainz and from 1348 to 1354 provost of the Mainz cathedral chapter . Kuno von Falkenstein was, as mentions of his person in various manuscripts show, a promoter of alchemy .

During the schism in the period from 1346 to 1353 he appeared as administrator of the Archbishopric of Mainz and was considered a supporter of the Archbishop of Mainz, Heinrich III. von Virneburg in his fight against his successor Gerlach von Nassau . He also made a name for himself with the aging Archbishop Boemund II of Trier from Saarbrücken , whom he supported as coadjutor from April 4, 1360 . After the death of Boemund II, Kuno II was appointed as his successor on May 27, 1362 and was ordained as Archbishop and Elector of Trier in autumn 1362.

In 1366 the Cologne Cathedral Chapter moved Archbishop Engelbert III of Cologne, who was almost incapable of office due to illness and age . to accept the appointment of Kuno II as coadjutor in the Archdiocese of Cologne. In addition, he was asked for assistance against the rebellious cities of Andernach and Linz on the Rhine . Even after Engelbert's death in 1368, Kuno remained caretaker of the Cologne archbishopric until 1370. He worked out that Friedrich III. von Saar Werden , the son of his cousin, became archbishop of Cologne in 1371. The Pope Urban VI. He turned down the cardinal dignity offered in 1384 . Not least thanks to his financial help, Friedrich III succeeded. von Saarwill provide decisive support.

In Trier he prevented predatory incursions by the Bretons into the archbishopric and successfully prevailed with his rejection of the imperial immediacy of the city of Trier. He was also able to book several territorial gains for the archbishopric. After 26 years of reign he abdicated in 1388 in favor of his nephew Werner von Falkenstein and died in the same year at Maus Castle and was buried in the Kastorkirche in Koblenz . He refused a burial in Trier because he hadn't resided there since 1377 because of disputes. His great-nephew Werner von Falkenstein became his successor.

relationship

 
 
 
 
 
 
 Johann von
Saar Werden ∞ Ferriata von Leiningen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Philip IV of Falkenstein
 
 Johanna von Saar Werden
 
 Friedrich II of Saar Werden
 
 Agnes of Salm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Kuno II of Falkenstein
Archbishop of Trier
 
 
 
 
 
 Johann II of Saar Werden
 
 Klara von Vinstingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Werner von Falkenstein
Archbishop of Trier
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Friedrich III. of Saar become
Archbishop of Cologne
 
 

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c European Family Tables, by Detlev Schwennicke, New Series, Vol. XVII, Plate 27, accessed on the website Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins
  2. ↑ a b website Moraw, Peter: "Konrad II. Von Falkenstein" in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 12 (1979), p. 530 f. , accessed November 10, 2015
  3. ^ Gerhard Eis : Supplements to the author's lexicon : Cuno von Falkenstein. In: Studia neophilologica. Volume 43, No. 2, 1971, pp. 405 f.
  4. ↑ He was "strangled by an enemy". After Franz Ronig in Kaiser - Scholars - Revolutionaries , Trier City Library 2007, p. 117, ISBN 978-3-935 281-54-6
  5. ^ Website Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins , accessed November 10, 2015
  6. ^ Website Kuno II. Von Falkenstein in the Saarland Biographies ( memento from February 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 11, 2015

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predecessor Office successor
Boemund II of Saarbrücken Archbishop Elector of Trier
1362–1388 		Werner von Falkenstein
personal data
SURNAME Kuno II of Falkenstein
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archbishop and Elector of Trier
DATE OF BIRTH around 1320
PLACE OF BIRTH Falkenstein Castle
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1388
Place of death Mouse Castle