Otto II (Bremen)

Otto II of Bremen , also Otto von Verden (* around 1364 ; † June 30, 1406 , buried in Bremen ) was Bishop of Verden from 1388 to 1395 and Archbishop of Bremen from 1395 to 1406 . He was the second son of Magnus Torquatus von Braunschweig-Lüneburg . As the second-born he was not entitled to an inheritance, so he became a clergyman and was initially assigned to the provost of St. Blasius in Braunschweig.

Live and act

Otto was born as the son of Duke Magnus Torquatus and his wife Duchess Katharina, a daughter of Prince Bernhard von Anhalt-Bernburg, presumably in Braunschweig. In the years 1383 to 1388 he worked first as provost in the monastery of St. Blasius in Braunschweig and in 1384 also as deputy chief in Halberstadt and briefly as archdeacon of the Balsamgau . In the summer of 1388 he enrolled at the University of Heidelberg and after the death of Johann von Zesterfleth was elected Bishop of Verden between December 1388 and March 1389 through the influence of his brothers and the Count of Hoya . On May 5, 1389, he was confirmed by the Pope, but was not ordained bishop until 1394, as he had not previously reached the required minimum age. In 1390 he consecrated the Verden Cathedral, which Bishop Konrad had commissioned to build. Otherwise he had oriented his administration more in line with Guelph politics and the interests of the Archdiocese of Bremen and less for the benefit of the Diocese of Verden.

His uncle Archbishop Albert II of Bremen seems to have promised him the archbishopric of Bremen in order to keep the archbishopric for the Guelphs ; but he did not appoint Otto as coadjutor . Otto had negotiations at the papal court before Albert died so that he could keep both pens. With Albert von Bremen he had made a state peace in 1391. When Otto was elected Archbishop of Bremen in a conflicting election after Albert's death, on May 29, 1395 there was a dissent by the cathedral chapter over this double election. Otto was confirmed by the Pope as Bishop of Bremen and tried in vain for the personal union for both dioceses. Otto long refused to hand over the Verden possessions to Dietrich von Nieheim , who had negotiated for Otto at the papal court and who had been appointed by the Pope as Bishop of Verden. One of the possessions was the strategically important Rothenburg Castle .

Otto took over a run-down but peaceful ore monastery. He managed to keep the peace during his entire tenure in the monastery and he was able to negotiate an eight-year country peace in 1397, which also had an effect on the Bremen state estates. It helped that he sought proximity to the cathedral chapter and the up-and-coming city of Bremen. During his tenure , he succeeded in taking most of the castles and goods from the nobility , only he had to buy back Langwedel .

Otto fell ill in 1404 and died in 1406. He was buried in Bremen Cathedral.

literature

Christoph G. Pfannkuche: The older and more recent history of the former Diocese of Verden 1. Volume 1. Bauer, Verden 1830, OCLC 220158596 , p. 199 ff, ( reader.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
Karl Ernst Hermann Krause: Otto II., Archbishop of Bremen . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 686 f.
Ulrike Strauss: Otto, Duke vión Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Archbishop. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 543-544 .

Individual evidence

↑ Gustav Rüthning, Oldenburgische History , Volume One, published by GA von Halem, Bremen, 1911, p 120 (ff.) Chap. XIV. Counts Moritz, Dietrich and Christian. 1401-1440. "... Archbishop Otto von Bremen ..."
↑ Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 543 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 544 .
↑ Johann Samuel Publication: Dietrich von Niem. In: General encyclopedia of the sciences and arts in alphabetical order of the mentioned scripts edited and edited by JS Ed and JG Gruber…. JF Gleditsch 1834, p. 139. ( books.google.com ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann II., From Zesterfleth	Bishop of Verden 1388 - 1395	Dietrich von Nieheim
Albert II, from Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel	Archbishop of Bremen 1395 - 1406	John II, from Schlamstorf

personal data
SURNAME	Otto II.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Otto II of Bremen; Otto von Verden; Otto von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Archbishop of Bremen
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1364
DATE OF DEATH	June 30, 1406

[1] Gustav Rüthning, Oldenburgische History , Volume One, published by GA von Halem, Bremen, 1911, p 120 (ff.) Chap. XIV. Counts Moritz, Dietrich and Christian. 1401-1440. "... Archbishop Otto von Bremen ..."

[2] Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 543 .

[BBL544-3] Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 544 .

[4] Johann Samuel Publication: Dietrich von Niem. In: General encyclopedia of the sciences and arts in alphabetical order of the mentioned scripts edited and edited by JS Ed and JG Gruber…. JF Gleditsch 1834, p. 139. ( books.google.com ).