Ludwig von Bar
Ludwig von Bar (* 1370/75; † June 23, 1430 in Varennes-en-Argonne ) was a French cardinal . As the fifth son of Duke Robert I of Bar and his wife Maria of France, he was also Duke of Bar from 1415 to 1419 .
Ludwig was chosen by his parents for a career in the Church:
- From 1391 to 1395 he was Bishop of Poitiers
- From 1397 to 1413 he was Bishop of Langres
- In 1397 he became a ( pseudo ) cardinal and peer of France
- In 1405 he became cathedral dean in Châlons-sur-Marne
- In 1412 he became bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina
- From 1413 to 1420 he was Bishop of Châlons
- He was administrator of Verdun from 1419 to 1423 and from 1424 to 1430
In France he played an important role in the murder of Duke Louis de Valois, duc d'Orléans in 1407. In 1409 he took part in the Council of Pisa , together with Guy de Roye , Archbishop of Reims , and Pierre d'Ailly , the Bishop of Cambrai . In Voltri near Genoa , a dispute between the marshals of the city and Guy de Roye escalated into an uprising in which the Archbishop of Reims was killed. In Pisa the cardinals voted for the deposition of Benedict XIII. in Avignon and Gregory XII. in Rome and tried to put an end to the occidental schism with the election of Alexander V.
With the death of his brother Edward III. In the battle of Azincourt in 1415 he inherited the Duchy of Bar, but had to prevail against his brother-in-law Adolf , Duke of Jülich and Berg , who contradicted the succession with reference to Ludwig's ecclesiastical office.
In 1419 he brokered the marriage between his great-nephew René I d'Anjou and Isabella of Lorraine , the heir to Duke Charles II , in order to put an end to the centuries-old differences between the Dukes of Bar and Lorraine (Treaty of Saint-Mihiel from August 13, 1419) the Duchy of Bar.
Ludwig Cardinal von Bar was buried in the Cathedral of Verdun .
literature
- Georges Poull: La Maison souveraine et ducale de Bar. Presses Universitaires de Nancy, Nancy 1994, ISBN 2-86480-831-5 .
Web links
- Bar, Louis de (pseudocardinal). In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed June 19, 2017.
- Ludwig von Bar in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bar, Ludwig von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bar, Louis de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cardinal and Duke of Bar (1415-1419) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1375 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1430 |
| Place of death | Varennes-en-Argonne |