Wilhelm (Mainz)

Wilhelm (* 929 ; † March 2, 968 in Rottleberode ) was Archbishop of Mainz from 954 to 968 .

Wilhelm was the son of Otto I and a distinguished Slavic prisoner of war. According to Herbert Ludat's assumption, the Slavic is the sister of the Heveller prince Tugumir . On December 17, 954 he was elected Archbishop of Mainz . From Pope Agapet II , Wilhelm received confirmation as Apostolic Vicar , i.e. deputy of the Pope in Germany. From his father Otto he received the dignity of arch chaplain, from which later the arch chancellor for Germany developed, which remained connected to the archbishop's chair in Mainz until the end of the archbishopric in 1803. Around 960 Wilhelm founded the Augustinian Canons' Monastery near St. Martin in Heiligenstadt . He died in Rottleberode in 968 and was buried in the Albans Basilica, the forerunner of St. Alban's Abbey near Mainz .

swell

• Widukind von Corvey : The Saxon history of Widukind von Corvey. In: Sources on the history of the Saxon imperial era (= Freiherr vom Stein Memorial Edition. Vol. 8). Translated by Albert Bauer, Reinhold Rau. 5th edition, expanded by a supplement compared to the 4th, Darmstadt 2002, pp. 1–183.

literature

• Karl Uhlirz :  Wilhelm, Archbishop of Mainz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 43, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 115-117.
• Winfrid Glocker: The relatives of the Ottonians and their significance in politics: studies on family politics and on the genealogy of the Saxon imperial family. Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-412-12788-4 .
• Konrad Fuchs:  Wilhelm, Archbishop of Mainz. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 13, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-072-7 , Sp. 1244-1245.

Web links

• Willihelmus archiepiscopus Moguntinus in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"

Remarks

1. ↑ Widukind III, 74; Thietmar von Merseburg II, 35.
2. ^ Herbert Ludat : An Elbe and Oder around the year 1000. Sketches on the politics of the Ottonian empire and the Slavic powers in Central Europe. Böhlau, Weimar 1995, pp. 10-13.

predecessor	Office	successor
Friedrich	Archbishop of Mainz 954–968	Hatto II.