Nikolaus von Tüngen

Nikolaus von Tüngen († February 14, 1489 in Heilsberg ) was Prince-Bishop of Warmia since 1467.

Life

The name refers to the descent from Tüngen near Wormditt in Prussia (since 1945 Bogatyńskie near Orneta ). Nicholas worked at the Curia , was a canon in Wroclaw and in Warmia .

After the Warmia came under the patronage of the King of Poland in 1466 as a result of the Thirteen Years' War , in which Bishop Paul von Legendorf (1458–1467) was on the side of the Prussian Confederation , the Warmia cathedral chapter kor on August 10, 1467 Nicholas as his successor Pauls von Lengendorf. After the Pope had approved this proposal on November 4, 1468 , Nicholas received the insignia of the new office in Rome.

King Casimir IV, however, sought to enforce another candidate in the prince-bishopric, Vincentius Kielbassa , the bishop of Kulm . This gave rise to a kind of investiture dispute, the so-called Pfaffenkrieg , which escalated militarily in 1478 and was not settled until 1479, when Pope Sixtus IV temporarily transferred Nicholas to Pomerania as Bishop of Cammin . Nikolaus had the support of the Teutonic Order and also won the help of the influential Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus . The Polish king then found himself ready to compromise .

In the following years, Nikolaus rebuilt the Warmia, which was partially devastated by the war, and nominated Lucas Watzenrode as his successor.

literature

Hans Schmauch: The fight between the Warmian bishop Nikolaus von Tüngen and Poland or the Pfaffenkrieg (1467–1479). In: Zeitschrift für die Geschichte und Altertumskunde Ermlands , Vol. 25 (1935), pp. 69–186.
Piotr Nitecki: Biskupi Kościoła w Polsce w latach 965-1999 , Warszawa 2000
Tadeusz Oracki: Słownik biograficzny Warmii, Prus Książęcych i Ziemi Malborskiej od połowy XV do końca XVIII wieku , Olsztyn 1988
Jerzy Sikorski: Prywatne życie Mikołaja Kopernika , Olsztyn 1985
Alojzy Szorc: Dzieje diecezji warmińskiej (1243-1991) , Olsztyn 1991

Footnotes

↑ Old Prussian Biography , Vol. 2: Maltitz-Z . Published on behalf of the Historical Commission for East and West Prussian State Research by Christian Krollmann ; continued by Kurt Forstreuter and Fritz Gause. Elwert, Marburg 1967, p. 472.

predecessor	Office	successor
Paul von Legendorf	Bishop of Warmia 1467 - 1489	Lukas Watzenrode

personal data
SURNAME	Nikolaus von Tüngen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prince-Bishop of Warmia
DATE OF BIRTH	14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH	February 14, 1489
Place of death	Heilsberg , Warmia

[1] Old Prussian Biography , Vol. 2: Maltitz-Z . Published on behalf of the Historical Commission for East and West Prussian State Research by Christian Krollmann ; continued by Kurt Forstreuter and Fritz Gause. Elwert, Marburg 1967, p. 472.