Siegfried von Blomberg

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Siegfried von Blomberg († June 30, 1374 in Avignon ) was Archbishop of Riga from 1370 until his death in 1374 .

Life

It is possible that Siegfried came from the von Blomberg noble family, which had been in Kurland since 1307 , or that they came from a bourgeois family who immigrated to Dorpat - also from Blomberg in Westphalia - where a councilor with the same name of origin is recorded in 1331. Siegfried is documented for the first time as the canon of Riga in 1360 . At the end of the 1360s, he accompanied the Archbishop of Riga Fromhold von Vifhusen to Rome. There Fromhold sought help because of the disputes with the Teutonic Order , but died on December 28, 1369. Pope Urban V then made use of his right of reoccupation and appointed Siegfried von Blomberg who was present on February 11, 1370 to succeed Fromhold of Vifhusen.

Siegfried von Blomberg, who was also an opponent of the Teutonic Order, remained at the curia , from which he hoped to gain support in the archbishopric's dispute against Landmeister Wilhelm von Friemersheim, on whose side the Cistercian abbots of Padis and Falkenau and the Reval bishop Ludwig von Munster and the city of Reval stood. With the so-called "clothes bull" that Pope Gregory XI. on October 10, 1373 at the request of Siegfried von Blomberg, a change in the dress code of the Riga Cathedral Chapter was brought about. As a result, the Premonstratensian canons were allowed to wear the black costume of the Augustinian canons, as they did before 1210 , since the white costume of the Premonstratensians was too reminiscent of the white coats of the Teutonic Knights. In addition, the changed rule abolished the strict, monastery-like community of canons. Siegfried's hope that the use of the benefice would raise his political influence and thereby arouse the interest of the influential vassal families of Livonia was not fulfilled. As an understanding or rapprochement with the Teutonic Order could not be brought about, Siegfried stayed out of the country and died on June 30, 1374 at the Curia in Avignon . His body was buried in the Dominican monastery there.

literature

  • Bernhart Jähnig: Siegfried Blomberg († 1374). In: Erwin Gatz (ed.): The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1198–1448. ISBN 3-428-10303-3 , p. 654.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rome according to the given source. Pope Urban V, however, resided in Avignon.
predecessor Office successor
Fromhold von Vifhusen Archbishop of Riga
1370–1375 		Johann IV of Zinten
personal data
SURNAME Siegfried von Blomberg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Siegfried Blomberg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archbishop of Riga
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1374
Place of death Avignon