Markus of Baden
Margrave Markus von Baden (* 1434 ; † September 1, 1478 ) was the Baden margrave, canon and choir bishop .
Origin and family
He was the son of Margrave Jacob I of Baden and his wife Katharina von Lorraine and had the following siblings:
- Karl (* 1427; † February 24, 1475 in Pforzheim ) married Katharina of Austria in 1447 in Pforzheim
- Bernhard (* 1428 in Pforzheim ; † July 12, 1458 in Moncalieri / Northern Italy ), beatified.
- Johann (* 1434; † February 9, 1503 in Ehrenbreitstein ), Archbishop and Elector of Trier
- Georg (* 1433; † February 11, 1484 in Moyen ), Bishop of Metz
- Margarete (* 1431; † October 24, 1457 in Ansbach ) married Albrecht III in Heilsbronn in 1446 . of Brandenburg
- Mathilde († 1485), Abbess in Trier
- Rudolf, illegitimate brother
Live and act
He was designated for the clergy, as were his brothers Johann and Georg. With these he received the tonsure on November 23, 1445 from Speyer Auxiliary Bishop Petrus Spitznagel , at Hohenbaden Castle and they studied together from 1452 at the University of Erfurt , from 1454 at the University of Padua and from 1456 at the University of Cologne .
In 1455 Markus von Baden received a canon praise in Würzburg , which he kept until the end of his life. On August 3, 1456 he was promoted to cathedral scholaster in Speyer , from which office he resigned on March 9, 1458. On December 5, 1459, he became domiciliary in Mainz , and on March 26, 1460 he was elected provost of St. Florin in Koblenz . He also retained these two offices until his death. In 1459 he took possession of the diocese of Metz for his brother Georg and was taken prisoner with him in 1460 in the battle of Pfeddersheim ( Mainz Stiftsfehde ).
At the request of influential opponents of the Liège bishop Ludwig von Bourbon , Prince Markus von Baden took over the administration of his diocese in 1465, but was unable to assert himself either ecclesiastically or politically and gave up the office again in 1468.
In 1469 he appears as Cellarius in the diocese of Strasbourg , where he also became cathedral chapter in 1477 . On August 23, 1470 he was sworn up as a canon in Cologne , and in 1473 he became choir bishop here .
literature
- August Benedikt Michaelis, Julius Wilhelm Hamberger: Introduction to a complete history of the Chur and Princely Houses in Germany , Volume 3, pp. 82 and 83, Lemgo, 1785; (Digital scan)
- Gerhard Fouquet: The Speyer Cathedral Chapter in the late Middle Ages (approx. 1350–1540) , Verlag der Gesellschaft für Mittelrheinische Kirchengeschichte, Mainz, 1987, p. 329 and 330
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Upper Rhine Historical Commission: Regest of the Margraves of Baden and Hachberg, 1050-1515 , 1915, p. 159; (Digital scan)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Markus of Baden |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Margrave of Baden, canon and choir bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1434 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1478 |