Swiss chard from Brandis

Mangold von Brandis (first mentioned in 1356; † November 19, 1385 in Kaiserstuhl ) was abbot of the Reichenau monastery from 1383 to 1385 and bishop of Constance of Avignon obedience from 1384 to 1385 .

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Mangold comes from the Swiss noble family of the Barons von Brandis . His parents were Baron Thuringia II von Brandis and Katharina von Weissenburg. Mangold's date of birth is unknown, he was first mentioned in 1356 as cellar of the Reichenau monastery . In 1366 he became provost and from 1383 until his death in 1385 Abbot of Reichenau. After the death of his uncle, Bishop Heinrich III of Constance . von Brandis , elected him on January 27, 1384, the Konstanz cathedral chapter as bishop against the Roman Pope Urban VI. provided Nikolaus von Riesenburg .

Mangold initially tried to remain neutral and asked Archbishop Adolf of Mainz for confirmation. Since Urban VI. held on to his candidate Nikolaus von Riesenburg, Mangold opted for the Avignon side and was confirmed as bishop by Clement VII . This started the schism in the Diocese of Constance. On Mangold's side stood Duke Leopold III. from Austria, while Nikolaus was supported by the city of Constance and the Swabian Association of Cities . Even if Mangold initially had more support than Nikolaus, he gradually lost his followers. After the canons who had elected him, the cities of Meersburg and Klingnau also fell away from him, and King Wenzel also switched to Rome. In the end, Mangold was only recognized in the areas of his diocese that belonged to Austria.

While preparing for a campaign, he died on November 19, 1385 in Kaiserstuhl . Mangold was buried in the minster of the Reichenau monastery.

literature

• Brigitte Degler-Spengler :  Mangold Frhr. v. Brandis. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 26 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Thomas Kreutzer: Faded shine. Nobility and reform in the Reichenau Abbey in the late Middle Ages ( publications by the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg ; Series B; 168). Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-17-019760-2 , pp. 288-294.
• Veronika Feller-Vest: Brandis, Mangold von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

predecessor	Office	successor
Henry III. from Brandis	Bishop of Constance 1384–1385	Nikolaus von Riesenburg
Heinrich von Stöffeln	Abbot of Reichenau 1383–1385	Werner von Rosenegg