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105-614: Ansgar (8 September 801 – 3 February 865), also known as Anskar , Saint Ansgar , Saint Anschar or Oscar , was Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen in the northern part of the Kingdom of the East Franks . Ansgar became known as the "Apostle of the North" because of his travels and the See of Hamburg received the missionary mandate to bring Christianity to Northern Europe. Ansgar was the son of

210-524: A suffragan of the archbishops of Cologne , this is at least how they later corroborated their claim to supremacy over the Bremian see. When, after the death of Bishop Leuderich (838–45), the see was given to Ansgar , it lost its independence, and from that time on was permanently united with the Archdiocese of Hamburg . The new combined see was regarded as the headquarters for missionary work in

315-629: A synod at Worms to deal with the aftermath of the Photian schism and to get the church's support against Moravia. A report that the Emperor Louis II had died in Italy led to a peace between father and sons and attempts by Louis the German to gain the imperial crown for his oldest son Carloman. These efforts were thwarted by Louis II, who was in fact not dead, and Louis' old adversary, Charles

420-458: A degree of autonomy in the rule of their territories. In their pastoral and religious capacity as Roman Catholic cleric the archbishops led their archdiocese as the hierarchical superior of all Roman Catholic clergy, including the suffragan bishops of Oldenburg-Lübeck , Ratzeburg and Schwerin . The Prince-Archbishopric often suffered from military supremacy of neighbouring powers. Having no dynasty, but prince-archbishops of different descent,

525-580: A new chapter with twelve canons, with three each taken from Bremen Cathedral chapter, and the three colleges of Bücken , Harsefeld and Ramelsloh . In 1139 Archbishop Adalbero had fled the invasion of Count Rudolph II of Stade and Count Palatine Frederick II of Saxony , who destroyed Bremen, and established in Hamburg also appointing new capitular canons there by 1140. Hamburg-Bremen's diocesan territory covered about today's following territories: The Bremian cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven ,

630-644: A noble Frankish family, born near Amiens (present day France). After his mother's early death, Ansgar was brought up in Benedictine monastery of Corbie in Picardy . According to the Vita Ansgarii ("Life of Ansgar"), when the little boy learned in a vision that his mother was in the company of Mary, mother of Jesus , his careless attitude toward spiritual matters changed to seriousness. His pupil, successor, and eventual biographer Rimbert considered

735-541: A papal confirmation. De facto he ascended the See in 1568, gained an imperial liege indult in 1570, while de jure still represented by the Chapter until 1580, in order not to complicate a papal confirmation, which never materialised. While Maximilian II regarded Henry III a true Catholic, Pope Sixtus V remained a skeptic. Henry III was raised Lutheran, but educated Catholic and served before his election as Catholic canon of

840-541: A political body by the Gelnhausen Privilege . With the consent of Prince-Archbishop Hartwig II, of Uthlede the emperor declared the city to be governed by its burghers and the emperor, with the Prince-Archbishop waiving his say. The city of Bremen regarded and still regards this privilege to be constitutive for its status as a Free imperial city of imperial immediacy . Through the history

945-692: A saint shortly after the missionary's death. The first actual missionary in Sweden and the Nordic countries (and organizer of the Catholic church therein), Ansgar was later declared "Patron of Scandinavia ". Relics are located in Hamburg in two places: St. Mary's Cathedral (Ger.: Domkirche St. Marien) and St. Ansgar's and St. Bernard's Church (Ger.: St. Ansgar und St. Bernhard Kirche). Statues of Bishop Ansgar stand in Hamburg , Copenhagen and Ribe , as well as

1050-652: A stone cross at Birka . His feast day ( Lesser Festival ) is 3 February , as it is in the Church of England , the Episcopal Church , and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America . Although a historical document and primary source written by a man whose existence can be proven historically, the Vita Ansgarii ("The Life of Ansgar") aims above all to demonstrate Ansgar's sanctity. It

1155-660: A teacher and preacher. A group of monks including Ansgar were sent further north to Jutland with the king Harald Klak , who had received baptism during his exile. With Harald's downfall in 827 and Ansgar's companion Autbert having died, their school for the sons of courtiers closed and Ansgar returned to Germany. Then in 829, after the Swedish king Björn at Hauge requested missionaries for his Swedes , King Louis sent Ansgar, now accompanied by friar Witmar from New Corbie as his assistant. Ansgar preached and made converts, particularly during six months at Birka , on Lake Mälaren , where

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1260-555: A veil before the early history of the [archbishopric of] Hamburg-Bremen." The foundation of the diocese belongs to the period of the missionary activity of Willehad on the lower Weser . It was erected on 15 July 787 at Worms , on Charlemagne 's initiative, his jurisdiction being assigned to cover the Saxon territory on both sides of the Weser from the mouth of the Aller , northwards to

1365-536: Is completely uncertain where the East Frankish king stayed between June 849 and July 850. At least 52 documents are addressed to Bavarian beneficiaries. However, the intensity of the documentary production for Bavarian recipients steadily decreased during his reign. As former stem duchy , the Rhine-Main area contained Frankfurt, Mainz and Worms, and had plenty of Imperial Palaces and treasuries. Since it

1470-443: Is partly concerned with Ansgar's visions, which, according to the author Rimbert, encouraged and assisted Ansgar's remarkable missionary feats. Through the course of this work, Ansgar repeatedly embarks on a new stage in his career following a vision. According to Rimbert, his early studies and ensuing devotion to the ascetic life of a monk were inspired by a vision of his mother in the presence of Mary, mother of Jesus . Again, when

1575-538: The Vita Ansgarii . He noted that Ansgar wore a rough hair shirt, lived on bread and water, and showed great charity to the poor. Adam of Bremen attributed the Vita et miracula of Willehad (first bishop of Bremen) to Ansgar in Gesta Hammenburgensis ecclesiæ ; Ansgar is also the reputed author of a collection of brief prayers Pigmenta (ed. J. M. Lappenberg, Hamburg, 1844). Pope Nicholas I declared Ansgar

1680-544: The Bishop Elect of Bremen , to gain the see of Bremen , with part of the diocesan territory being upgraded to form the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen ( German : Erzstift Bremen ). Thus the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen became one of the successor states of the old Duchy of Saxony , holding only a small part of its former territory. In 1186 Frederick I Barbarossa recognised the city of Bremen as

1785-475: The Catholic League already operating in the neighboured Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle and dangerously approaching their region. The concomitant effects of the war, debasements and dearness, had already caused an inflation also in the region. The population suffered from billeting and alimenting Baden-Durlachian , Danish, Halberstadtian , Leaguist , and Palatine troops, whose marching through

1890-544: The Diocese of Bremen with the Archdiocese of Hamburg to form the Archdiocese of Hamburg and Bremen , colloquially called Hamburg-Bremen , and by so doing he denied Cologne's claim as metropolia over Bremen. Sergius prohibited the chapter at Hamburg's Concathedral to found suffragan dioceses of its own. After the Obodrite destruction of Hamburg in 983 the Hamburg chapter was dispersed. So Archbishop Unwan appointed

1995-684: The Elbe and westwards to the Hunte , and the Frisian territory for a certain distance from the mouth of the Weser. Willehad fixed his headquarters at Bremen , though the formal constitution of the diocese took place only after the subjugation of the Saxons in 804 or 805, when Willehad' s disciple, Willerich , was consecrated bishop of Bremen, with the same territory. The diocese was conceivably at that time

2100-629: The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (north of Elbe), the Lower Saxon counties of Aurich (northerly), Cuxhaven , Diepholz (northerly), Frisia , Nienburg (westerly), Oldenburg in Oldenburg (easterly), Osterholz , Rotenburg upon Wümme (northerly), Stade (except of an eastern tract of land), Wesermarsch , Wittmund , the Lower Saxon urban counties Delmenhorst and Wilhelmshaven ,

2205-687: The Holy Roman Empire in order to stay with Henry II of England . Frederick I Barbarossa partitioned Saxony in some dozens of territories of Imperial Immediate status allotting each territory to that one of his allies who had conquered them before from Henry the Lion and his remaining supporters. In 1168 the Saxon clan of the Ascanians , allies of Frederick I Barbarossa , had failed to install their family member Count Siegfried of Anhalt , on

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2310-491: The Holy Roman Empire . A prerequisite for being an imperial estate was imperial immediacy ( German : Reichsunmittelbarkeit , or Reichsfreiheit ) of the rulers or ruling bodies, meaning that they had no other authority above them except of the Holy Roman Emperor himself. Furthermore, such rulers or ruling bodies (such as Chapters or city councils) possessed several important rights and privileges, including

2415-652: The Land of Wursten as well as to the district of Bederkesa and abandoned the lawsuit, which he had brought to the Imperial Chamber Court to this end. In his election capitulations Henry III covenanted to accept the privileges of the Estates and the existing laws. Due to his minority he agreed, that Chapter and Estates would rule the Prince-Archbishopric. In this time he should work towards

2520-399: The Nordic countries , and new sees to be erected were to be its suffragans , meaning subject to its jurisdiction. Ansgar's successor, Rimbert , the "second apostle of the north," was troubled by onslaughts first by Normans and then by Wends , and by Cologne's renewed claims to supremacy. At Archbishop Adalgar 's (888–909) instigation Pope Sergius III confirmed the amalgamation of

2625-662: The Obotrites to accept his authority and put their prince, Gozzmovil, to death. Thachulf, Duke of Thuringia , then undertook campaigns against the Bohemians , Moravians , and other tribes, but was not very successful in resisting the ravaging Vikings . In 852 Louis sent his son Louis the Younger to Aquitaine , where nobles had grown resentful of Charles the Bald's rule. The younger Louis did not set out until 854, and returned

2730-559: The Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck , fled to the latter and left the rule in the Prince-Archbishopric to the Chapter and the Estates. Louis the German Louis the German ( German : Ludwig der Deutsche ; c. 806 /810 – 28 August 876), also known as Louis II of Germany ( German : Ludwig II. von Deutschland ), was the first king of East Francia , and ruled from 843 to 876 AD. Grandson of emperor Charlemagne and

2835-578: The Schleswig-Holsteinian counties of Ditmarsh , Pinneberg , Rendsburg-Eckernförde (southerly), Segeberg (easterly), Steinburg , Stormarn (easterly) as well as the Schleswig-Holsteinian urban counties of Kiel and Neumünster . The see of Hamburg-Bremen attained its greatest prosperity and later had its deepest troubles under Archbishop Adalbert of Hamburg (1043–1072). He was after Hamburg-Bremen's upgrade to

2940-599: The hereditary aristocracy , the service gentry , non-capitular clergy , free peasants and burghers of chartered towns. The modus vivendi of interplay of the Estates and the archiepiscopal authority, being in itself divided into the Prince-Archbishop and the Chapter , became the quasi constitution of the Prince-Archbishopric . However, the interplay was not determined by fixed standards of behaviour. While

3045-426: The pallium directly from the pope's hands, and was formally named legate for the northern lands. Ebbo, Archbishop of Reims had previously received a similar commission, but would be deposed twice before his death in 851, and never actually traveled so far north, so the jurisdiction was divided by agreement, with Ebbo retaining Sweden for himself. For a time Ansgar devoted himself to the needs of his own diocese, which

3150-563: The Anglo-Dutch war coalition. In 1625 Tilly warned the Prince-Archbishop John Frederick to further accept the stationing of Danish troops and Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor , demanded the immediate end of his and Verden's alliance with Denmark , with Verden being already ruled by Christian's son Frederick , being as well the provided successor of John Frederick . He declared again his loyalty to

3255-508: The Bald 's West Frankish kingdom in 858–59 were unsuccessful. The 860s were marked by a severe crisis, with the East Frankish rebellions of the sons, as well as struggles to maintain supremacy over his realm. In the Treaty of Meerssen he acquired Lotharingia for the East Frankish kingdom in 870. On the other hand, he tried and failed to claim both the title of Emperor and Italy. In the East, Louis

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3360-518: The Bald , by promising to give him the land in the new partition they would make after a victory. In 832 he led an army of Slavs into Alamannia, but was driven back by his father. Louis the Pious disinherited him, but to no effect; the emperor was soon captured by his own rebellious sons and deposed. Upon his swift reinstatement, however, the emperor Louis made peace with his son Louis and legally restored Bavaria (never actually lost) to him in 836. Louis

3465-428: The Bald died as well. As there exist only 172 royal documents from 50 years of reign, it is impossible to create a detailed picture of Louis' whereabouts in the East Frankish kingdom. By comparison, Louis the Pious had 18 certificates created per year, and his half-brother Charles the Bald had 12 produced annually. This pattern of not producing many documents lasts for several months at certain times. For example, it

3570-725: The Bald had been able to obtain the title of emperor by a swift move to Rome. His wife Hemma visited Louis for the last time in May 875. In 874 she had lost her voice as a result of a stroke. During his stay, he donated the Berg im Donaugau Abbey to the Marienkapelle, which he built. Hemma died at the end of January 876 in Regensburg. Louis then died after a short illness on 28 August 876 in his palace in Frankfurt. The following day he

3675-671: The Bald. In the years 872 and 873, ambassadors of the Eastern Roman Emperor Basil I came to Louis in Regensburg and showed that his rule was perceived as far as Constantinople. After the death of Emperor Louis II in August 875, Louis tried to win the emperorship for himself and his descendants. For this purpose, Abbot Sigihard von Fulda undertook a trip to Rome to Pope John VIII . On 18 May 876 he returned to Ingelheim and reported to Louis that, in December 875, Charles

3780-525: The Bremen Chapter again ignored the Hamburg capitulars, fearing their Danish partisanship and elected Gebhard of Lippe archbishop. In 1223 Archbishop Gebhard reconciled the Hamburg chapter and confirmed that three of its capitulars were enfranchised to elect with the Bremen chapter, to wit the provost , presiding the chapter, the dean (Domdechant) and the scholaster , in charge of the education at

3885-667: The Bremian Chapter to elect his son John Adolphus of Schleswig-Holstein at Gottorp (*1575-1616*) to the See. To this end, Adolf paid 20,000 rixdollars and promised to work towards the restitution of Ditmarsh to the Prince-Archbishopric. In 1585 John Adolf covenanted at his election in the obligatory election capitulations , that he would accept the privileges of the Chapter as well as the existing laws and that he would work - at his own expense - towards gaining either papal confirmation or - in default thereof - an imperial liege indult . From 1585 to 1589 Chapter and Estates ruled

3990-750: The Bremian city of Stade , officially on behalf of his son the provided to be Administrator successor, suppressing an unrest of its burghers. In 1620 Christian, the Younger , titular duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg-Wolfenbüttel , the Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric Halberstadt requested that the Lutheran Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen would join the war coalition of the Protestant Union . The Administrator and

4095-615: The Chapters of the prince-bishoprics of Osnabrück (1574–1585) and Paderborn (1577–1585), without ever gaining papal confirmation. In 1575 Henry III and Anna von Broich (Borch) married in Hagen im Bremischen . As to the interior Henry III still had to repay debts from his pre-predecessor Christopher the Spendthrift . In 1580 Henry introduced a Lutheran church constitution for the Prince-Archbishopric. Thus Henry III would not exercise

4200-704: The Emperor and neutrality in the conflict. But all in vain. Now Christian IV ordered his troops to capture all the important traffic hubs in the Prince-Archbishopric and entered into the Battle of Lutter am Barenberge , on 27 August 1626, where he was defeated by the Leaguist troops under Tilly . Christian IV and his surviving troops fled to the Prince-Archbishopric and took their headquarters in Stade . Administrator John Frederick , in personal union also Administrator of

4305-566: The Estates (1566–1568), and considered the opportunities. In 1524 the Prince-Archbishopric had subjected the autonomous farmers' republic of the Land of Wursten , but the Wursteners still hoped for a liberation and support from the neighbouring Saxe-Lauenburgian exclave of the Land of Hadeln . Thus on 17 February 1567 the Chapter elected Duke Henry III of Saxe-Lauenburg (*1550-1585*, ruled from 1568 on) prince-archbishop. In return his father Francis I waived any Saxe-Lauenburgian claim to

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4410-404: The Estates of the Prince-Archbishopric met in a Diet and declared for their territory their loyalty to Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor , and their neutrality in the conflict. With Danish troops within his territory and Christian the Younger's request Administrator John Frederick tried desperately to keep his Prince-Archbishopric out of the war, being in complete agreement with the Estates and

4515-523: The Holy Roman Empire provided, that the Emperor may only enfeoff a prince-bishop elect with the regalia , if the Pope would have confirmed his election to the respective See. In default thereof the Emperor could grant a liege indult ( German : Lehnsindult ), often restricted to some years only, and then notwithstanding enfeoff the prince-bishop elect with the regalia of restricted legitimacy to

4620-735: The Pious divided his dominions between his sons in 817, Louis was made the ruler of the Duchy of Bavaria , following the practice of emperor Charlemagne of bestowing a local kingdom to a close family member who then would serve as his lieutenant and local governor. Louis ruled from Regensburg , the old capital of the Bavarii . In 825 he became involved in wars with the Wends and Sorbs on his eastern frontier. In 827, he married Hemma , sister of his stepmother Judith of Bavaria , both daughters of Welf , whose possessions ranged from Alsace to Bavaria . It

4725-438: The Prince-Archbishopric became a pawn in the hands of the powerful. The establishment of a constitution, which would bind the conflicting Estates, failed. Schisms in Church and State marked the next two centuries, and in spite of the labours of the Windesheim and Bursfelde congregations, the way was prepared for the Reformation , which made rapid headway, partly because the last Roman Catholic prince-archbishop, Christopher

4830-461: The Prince-Archbishopric had adopted Lutheranism and partially Calvinism, as did the city of Bremen and the territories under its influence downstream the Weser and in the district of Bederkesa , also most capitulars, recruited from burghers of the city of Bremen and rural noble families, turned out to be Calvinists and Lutherans. Thus the capitulars preferred to elect Protestant candidates. The Bremian prince-archbishop elects could only occasionally gain

4935-454: The Prince-Archbishopric had to tolerate in order to prevent entering into armed conflict. In 1623 the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands , diplomatically supported by James I, King of England and of Ireland and as James IV King of Scotland , the brother-in-law of Christian IV of Denmark , started a new anti- Habsburg campaign. Thus the troops of the Catholic League were bound and the Prince-Archbishopric seemed relieved. But soon after

5040-403: The Prince-Archbishopsric in custodianship for the minor John Adolf. At the beginning of the Thirty Years' War the Prince-Archbishopric maintained neutrality, as did most of the territories in the Lower Saxon Circle . After 1613 King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway , being in personal union Duke of Holstein within the Holy Roman Empire , turned his attention to gain grounds by acquiring

5145-440: The Saint Simon Petrus , has become the symbol of the city of Bremen (see Coat of arms of Bremen ), the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (two criss-crossed argent (silver) keys on a gules (red) background, see in the left part of the Bremen-Verden's seal ) and of the Bremian city of Stade . The territory of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen consisted of a number of sub-entities. The only thing they all had in common was, that

5250-623: The Scandinavian countries as "most of that country consisted of islands, and also, when 'I will make you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth' was added, since the end of the world in the north was in Swedish territory". Archbishopric of Bremen In the different historical struggles for expansion of territory or privileges and the concerned and disfavoured entity's defence against such annexation or usurpation, plenty of documents have been completely forged or counterfeited or backdated, in order to corroborate one's arguments. "These forgeries have drawn

5355-414: The Spendthrift , was in permanent conflict with the Chapter and the Estates . Being simultaneously the Prince-Bishop of Verden , he preferred to reside in the city of Verden . By the time he died (1558), in the Prince-Archbishopric nothing was left of the old denomination apart from a few monasteries – such as Harsefeld , Himmelpforten , Lilienthal , Neuenwalde , Osterholz as well as Zeven under

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5460-433: The Swedish mission, and spent two years there in person (848–850), averting a threatened pagan reaction. In 854, Ansgar returned to Sweden when king Olof ruled in Birka. According to Rimbert, he was well disposed to Christianity. On a Viking raid to Apuole (current village in Lithuania ) in Courland , the Swedes plundered the Curonians . Ansgar was buried in Bremen in 865. His successor as archbishop, Rimbert , wrote

5565-406: The Swedish people were left without a priest for some time, he begged King Horik to help him with this problem; then after receiving his consent, consulted with Bishop Gautbert to find a suitable man. The two together sought the approval of King Louis, which he granted when he learned that they were in agreement on the issue. Ansgar was convinced he was commanded by heaven to undertake this mission and

5670-407: The autocratic and prodigal Prince-Archbishop Christopher the Spendthrift , Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg-Wolfenbüttel . Especially the Chapter used its power to elect very old candidates, to minimise the time a ruler can be harmful, or to elect minors, which it hoped to dress and tame in time. Once in a while the Chapter took up time and protracted elections for years, being itself the ruler for

5775-502: The cathedral in Cologne . The schism wasn't so definite, as it looks in retrospect. The Holy See still hoped the Reformation would be a merely temporary phenomenon, while its protagonists still expected all the Roman church to reform, so that there would be no schism. So Sixtus V tested Henry III once in a while, demanding the succession of Catholic candidates for vacancies in the Bremian Chapter - which it sometimes accepted, sometimes denied -, while Henry succeeded to be also elected by

5880-438: The cathedral school. Pope Honorius III confirmed this settlement in 1224, also affirming the continued existence of both chapters. The fortified city of Bremen held its own guards, not allowing prince-archiepiscopal soldiers to enter it. The city reserved an extra very narrow gate, the so-called Bishop's Needle (Latin: Acus episcopi , first mentioned in 1274), for all clergy including the Prince-Archbishop. The narrowness of

5985-493: The church's treasures and books. Ansgar now had neither see nor revenue, and many helpers deserted him. The new king, Louis' third son, Louis the German , did not re-endow Turholt to Ansgar, but in 847 he named the missionary to the vacant diocese of Bremen, where Ansgar moved in 848. However, since Bremen had been suffragan to the Bishop of Cologne, combining the sees of Bremen and Hamburg presented canonical difficulties. After prolonged negotiations, Pope Nicholas I would approve

6090-419: The city boundary in a district of immunity and extraterritorial status ( German : Domfreiheit , literally: Cathedral Liberty ) around the Cathedral of St. Peter , where the city council would refrain to interfere. The Hamburg Concathedral with chapterhouse and capitular residential courts formed a Cathedral Immunity District of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen too. The key, the epithet symbol of

6195-470: The city of Bremen . When in 1623 the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands , fighting in the Eighty Years' War for its independence against Habsburg 's Spanish and imperial forces, requested its Calvinist co-religionist of the city of Bremen to join, the city refused, but started to enforce its fortifications. In 1623 the territories comprising the Lower Saxon Circle decided to recruit an army in order to maintain an armed neutrality, with troops of

6300-582: The consecutive Archbishops worked on discarding the bishopric's Estates from the political landscape, the latter fought for the enforcement of the modus vivendi to become a real constitution. The Chapter often swung between increasing its influence by fighting the Estates jointly with the Prince-Archbishop and repelling his absolutist intentions by making common cause with the Estates . All parties made use of means like bluffing, threat, obstructionism, corruption, horse-trading and even violence. In 1542/1547 - 1549 Chapter and Estates managed to dismiss

6405-409: The destruction of the Hanseatic League . In May 1625 Christian IV of Denmark, Duke of Holstein was elected – in the latter of his functions – by the Lower Saxon Circle 's member territories commander-in-chief of the Lower Saxon troops. More troops were recruited and to be billeted and alimented in the Lower Saxon territories, including the Prince-Archbishopric. In the same year Christian IV joined

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6510-416: The effect that the elect could rule with princely power within the prince-bishopric, bearing only title of Administrator , but would be banned from participating in the Diets . Lacking papal confirmation and imperial liege indult could bring a prince-bishop elect into the precarious situation to be dismissed by the Emperor or by any of his vassals powerful enough and keen to do so. Once the inhabitants of

6615-455: The emperor Lothair I died in 855, Louis and Charles for a time cooperated in plans to divide Lothair's possessions between themselves, the only impediments to this being Lothair's sons and heirs— Lothair II (who received Lotharingia ), Louis II of Italy (who held the imperial title and the Iron Crown of Lombardy ) and Charles of Provence . In 868 at Metz Louis and Charles agreed to partition Lotharingia . When Lothair II died in 869, Louis

6720-435: The following year. Starting from 853 Louis made repeated attempts to gain the throne of West Francia , which, according to the Annals of Fulda ( Annales Fuldenses ), the people of that country offered him in their disgust with the cruel misrule of Charles the Bald. Encouraged by his nephews Peppin II and Charles of Provence , Louis invaded in West Francia in 858. Charles the Bald could not even raise an army to resist

6825-401: The gate made it technically impossible to come accompanied by knights. Therefore, the Prince-Archbishops rather preferred to reside outside of the city, first in Bücken and later in the Vörde Castle , which became the principal fortress of Prince-Archbishop Gerhard II, Edelherr zur Lippe in 1219. The Chapters of Bremen Cathedral (see below) and part of the administration were located within

6930-407: The imperial liege indult . Many princely houses, such as the House of Guelf ( Brunswick and Lunenburg-Wolfenbüttel ), the House of Nikloting ( Mecklenburg-Schwerin ), the House of Wettin ( Electorate of Saxony ), and the House of Ascania ( Saxe-Lauenburg ) applied for the See. Before electing a new prince-archbishop the Chapter took its time, ruling the Prince-Archbishopric in accordance with

7035-409: The imperial troops under Albrecht von Wallenstein headed for the North in an attempt to destroy the fading Hanseatic League , in order to subject the Hanseatic cities of Bremen , Hamburg and Lübeck and to establish a Baltic trade monopoly, to be run by some imperial favourites including Spaniards and Poles. The idea was to win Sweden 's and Denmark 's support, both of which since long were after

7140-404: The invasion and fled to Burgundy . Later that year Louis issued a charter dated "the first year of the reign in West Francia." However, treachery and desertion in his army, and the continued loyalty of the Aquitanian bishops to Charles the Bald, brought about the failure of the whole enterprise. As such on 7 June 860 at Koblenz , both Louis and Charles made public vows to uphold the peace. After

7245-478: The jurisdiction of the Bremian archdiocese and Altkloster  [ nds ] as well as Neukloster under the jurisdiction of Verden's See – and the districts served by them. While between 1523 and 1551 the cities of Bremen and Stade had dissolved all the urban monasteries, except of St Mary's in Stade, which transformed until 1568 into a Lutheran convent, and conveyed their buildings to uses by schools, hospitals, alms houses and senior homes. The constitution of

7350-439: The latter. In 1260, with effect from 1296 on, its rulers split the younger Duchy into the Duchies of Saxe-Wittenberg ( German : Herzogtum Sachsen-Wittenberg ) and Saxe-Lauenburg ( German : Herzogtum Sachsen-Lauenburg ), the latter holding the unconnected two northern territories, belonging both to the archdiocese of Bremen . Otto and Bernhard helped their second brother Siegfried , who since 1168 had called himself

7455-405: The left bank of the river (see also Oaths of Strasbourg 842). His territories included Bavaria (where he made Regensburg the centre of his government), Thuringia , Franconia , and Saxony . Louis may be called the founder of the German kingdom , though his attempts to maintain the unity of the Empire proved futile. Having in 842 crushed the Stellinga rising in Saxony, in 844 he compelled

7560-600: The northern lands, as well as to consecrate bishops for them. Ansgar received the mission of evangelizing pagan Denmark , Norway and Sweden . The King of Sweden decided to cast lots as to whether to admit the Christian missionaries into his kingdom. Ansgar recommended the issue to the care of God, and the lot was favorable. Ansgar was consecrated as a bishop in November 831, with the approval of Gregory IV . Before traveling north once again, Ansgar traveled to Rome to receive

7665-526: The particular power, which the archiepiscopal authority had achieved in them. The Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen's former territory consists about of today's following Lower Saxon counties ( German : Landkreis , or Kreis ) of Cuxhaven (southerly), Osterholz , Rotenburg upon Wümme and Stade as well as of the Bremian exclave of the city of Bremerhaven and from 1145 to 1526 today's Schleswig-Holsteinian county of Ditmarsh . The city of Bremen

7770-790: The pastoral functions of a Roman Catholic bishop any more. In 1584 the Holy See founded the Roman Catholic Nordic Missions , an endeavour for pastoral care and mission in the area of the de facto ceased archdioceses of Bremen and of Lund . In 1622 the Nordic Missions were subordinated to the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide in Rome. The Holy See conveyed to the Nuncio to Cologne , Pietro Francesco Montoro ,

7875-543: The prince-bishoprics of Bremen, Verden , Minden and Halberstadt . He skillfully took advantage of the alarm of the German Protestants after the Battle of White Mountain in 1620, to stipulate with Bremen's Chapter and Administrator John Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp , his cousin of second degree, to grant coadjutorship of the See of Bremen for his son Frederick , later crown prince of Denmark (September 1621). Coadjutorship usually included

7980-401: The prior archbishops or capitulars or the Chapter as a collective obtained some secular power in them by way of purchase, application of force, usurpation, commendation, pledge, donation etc. The prior archiepiscopal authorities didn't have succeeded in almost any of the sub-entities to gain all the power, be it judicial, patrimonial, parochial, fiscal, feudal or else what. Almost everywhere

8085-836: The rank of a Patriarchate of the North and failed completely. Hamburg stopped being used as part of the diocese's name. The next two archbishops, Liemar and Humbert , were determined opponents of Pope Gregory VII . Under the latter in 1104 Bremen's suffragan Diocese of Lund (DK) was elevated to an archdiocese supervising all of Bremen's other Nordic former suffragan sees, to wit Århus (DK) , Faroe Islands (FO) , Gardar (Greenland) , Linköping (S) , Odense (DK) , Orkney (UK) , Oslo (N) , Ribe (DK) , Roskilde (DK) , Schleswig (D) , Selje (N) , Skálholt (IS) , Skara (S) , Strängnäs (S) , Trondheim (N) , Uppsala (S) , Viborg (DK) , Vestervig (DK) , Västerås (S) and Växjö (S) . Bremen's remaining suffragan sees at that time were only existing by name, since insurgent Wends had destroyed

8190-404: The respective rulers of the Prince-Archbishopric and its successor state Bremen-Verden often denied the city's status. And also the city could and did not always cling to its claim of imperial immediacy , which made the city's status somewhat ambiguous. Through most of the history the city participated in the Prince-Archbishopric's Diets as part of the Estates (see below) and paid its share in

8295-431: The river Elbe, from north west to south east, (1) Hadeln around Otterndorf , (2) around Lauenburg upon Elbe and (3) around Wittenberg upon Elbe . Except of the title, Duke of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia , which this younger Duchy of Saxony granted its rulers, even after its dynastic partition in 1296, this territory, consisting only of territorial fringes of the old Duchy of Saxony , had little in common with

8400-412: The rule was to be shared with one or more competing bearers of authority, e.g. aristocrats, outside ecclesiastical dignitaries, autonomous corporations of free peasants ( German : Landsgemeinden ) or chartered towns and the like. Therefore, the archiepiscopal authority used to refer to each sub-entity by different terms like county, parish, shire, bailiwick or patrimonial district, each according to

8505-567: The see of Bremen . But in 1180 the Ascanians prevailed twofoldly. The chief of the House of Ascania , Margrave Otto I of Brandenburg , son of Albert the Bear , a maternal cousin of Henry the Lion , provided his sixth brother Bernhard, Count of Anhalt , from then on Bernhard III, Duke of Saxony , with the later on so-called younger Duchy of Saxony (1180 - 1296) , a radically belittled territory consisting of three unconnected territories along

8610-420: The so-called Wendish dioceses of Oldenburg-Lübeck , Ratzeburg and Schwerin and they were only to be reestablished later. At the stripping of the Duchy of Saxony (7th century - 1180) in 1180 all of these suffragan bishops achieved for parts of their diocesan territories the status of imperially immediate prince-bishoprics. The Bishopric of Livonia (first at Uexküll then Riga ) was a suffragan of Bremen in

8715-662: The southern part of today's County of Rotenburg , both in Lower Saxony . In relation to the interior the archiepiscopal authority, consisting of Prince-Archbishop and cathedral chapter , had to find ways to interact with the other bearers of authority. These were gradually transforming into the Bishopric's Estates ( German : Stiftsstände ), a prevailingly advisory body, but decision-taking in fiscal and tax matters. The bishopric's Estates again were by no means homogenous and therefore often quarreled for they consisted of

8820-552: The succession of a See. A similar arrangement was reached in November for the Prince-Bishopric of Verden with its Chapter and Administrator Philip Sigismund . In 1623 Christian's son succeeded the late Philip Sigismund as Frederick II, Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Verden , only to flee the troops of the Catholic League under Count Johan 't Serclaes of Tilly in 1626. In November 1619 Christian IV of Denmark, Duke of Holstein stationed Danish troops in

8925-666: The task to look after the Nordic Missions in - among others - the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen and the Prince-Bishopric of Verden . In 1667 the Holy See further institutionalised the Nordic Missions by establishing the Vicariate Apostolic of the Nordic Missions . On 22 April 1585 Henry III died in his residence in Beverstedterm ühlen after a riding accident. After Henry's early death, Duke Adolf of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp wielded influence at

9030-468: The taxes, at least when it had consented to the levying before. Since the city was the major taxpayer, its consent was mostly searched for. Like this the city wielded fiscal and political power within the Prince-Archbishopric, while the city would rather not allow the Prince-Archbishop or his representatives to rule in the city against its consent. After the Bremen Cathedral chapter, overlooking

9135-414: The third son of Louis the Pious , emperor of Francia , and his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye , he received the appellation Germanicus shortly after his death, when East Francia became known as the kingdom of Germany . After protracted clashes with his father and his brothers, Louis received the East Frankish kingdom in the Treaty of Verdun (843). His attempts to conquer his half-brother Charles

9240-696: The three enfranchised Hamburg capitulars, had elected Valdemar of Denmark , the deposed Bishop of Schleswig , archbishop in 1207, Bremen's cathedral dean Burchard of Stumpenhusen , who had opposed this election, fled to Hamburg, then under Danish influence. King Valdemar II of Denmark , in enmity with his father's cousin Archbishop Valdemar, gained the Hamburg chapter to elect Burchard as anti-archbishop in early 1208. Lacking papal support, King Valdemar II himself invested him as Archbishop Burchard I, however, only accepted in North Elbia. In 1219

9345-458: The time of sede vacante . During the dismissal of Prince-Archbishop Christopher the Spendthrift the chapter ruled together with the Estates which had gained at that time substantial power. In relation to the outside the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen had the status of an imperial estate ( German : Reichsstand , plural: Reichsstände ) with a vote in the Diet ( German : Reichstag ) of

9450-500: The unification of the kingdom. In June 842 the three brothers met on an island in the river Saône to negotiate a peace and each appointed forty representatives to arrange the boundaries of their respective kingdoms. This developed into the Treaty of Verdun , concluded by 10 August 843, by which Louis received the bulk of the lands lying east of the Rhine ( East Francia ), together with a district around Speyer , Worms , and Mainz , on

9555-539: The union of the two dioceses in 864. Through this political turmoil, Ansgar continued his northern mission. The Danish civil war compelled him to establish good relations with two kings, Horik the Elder and his son, Horik II . Both assisted him until his death; Ansgar was able to secure permission to build a church in Sleswick north of Hamburg and recognition of Christianity as a tolerated religion. Ansgar did not forget

9660-472: The visions (of which this was the first) to have been Ansgar's main life motivator. Ansgar acted in the context of the phase of Christianization of Saxony (present day Northern Germany ) begun by Charlemagne and continued by Charlemagne's son and successor, Louis the Pious . In 822 Ansgar became one of many missionaries sent to found the abbey of Corvey (New Corbie) in Westphalia , where he became

9765-467: The wealthy widow Mor Frideborg extended hospitality. Ansgar organized a small congregation with her and the king's steward, Hergeir, as its most prominent members. In 831 Ansgar returned to Louis' court at Worms and was appointed to the Archbishopric of Hamburg-Bremen . This was a new archbishopric, incorporating the bishoprics of Bremen and Verden and with the right to send missions into all

9870-618: The whole Empire, Louis allied with Charles the Bald , and defeated Lothair I and their nephew Pepin II of Aquitaine , son of Pepin I of Aquitaine , at the Battle of Fontenoy in June 841. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. According to the Annals of Fulda , it was the biggest bloodbath the Franks had experienced since time immemorial. At the same time, it was Louis's last battle in the struggle for

9975-603: The years 1186–1255. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and his allies, many of them vassals and former supporters of his paternal cousin Duke Henry III, the Lion , had defeated the Duke of Saxony and Bavaria . In 1180 Frederick I Barbarossa stripped Henry the Lion of his duchies. In 1182 he and his wife Matilda Plantagenêt , the daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and sister of Richard Lionheart left from Stade to go into exile from

10080-461: Was able to reach a longer-term peace agreement in 874 after decades of conflict with the Moravians . His rule shows a marked decline in creation of written administration and government documents, a trend that would continue into Ottonian times. His early years were partly spent at the court of his grandfather, Charlemagne , whose special affection he is said to have won. When the emperor Louis

10185-592: Was buried by his son Louis in Lorsch Abbey. However, according to Wilfried Hartmann, it cannot be determined with certainty whether the dead man in his sarcophagus is the Carolingian king. After Louis' death, Charles the Bald tried to win over the Eastern kingdom as well. However, Louis the Younger defeated him on 8 October 876 at Andernach with a squad of Franks, Saxons and Thuringians. One year later, Charles

10290-453: Was followed by the second son Louis the Younger , who was joined by his brother Charles the Fat . In 864 Louis was forced to grant Carloman the kingdom of Bavaria, which he himself had once held under his father. In 865 he divided the remainder of his lands— Saxony with Franconia and Thuringia went to Louis the Younger and Swabia with Raetia to Charles the Fat. In May 868, Louis convoked

10395-432: Was influenced by a vision he received when he was concerned about the journey, in which he met a man who reassured him of his purpose and informed him of a prophet that he would meet, the abbot Adalhard , who would instruct him in what was to happen. In the vision, he searched for and found Adalhard, who commanded, "Islands, listen to me, pay attention, remotest peoples", which Ansgar interpreted as God's will that he go to

10500-401: Was legally a part of the bishopric until 1646, but de facto ruled by its burghers and didn't tolerate the prince-archbishop's residence within its walls any more since 1313. Therefore, the prince-archbishop moved to Vörde ( German pronunciation: [ˈføːɐdə] ). Verden's former prince-bishopric's territory is represented about by the eastern part of the modern County of Verden and

10605-620: Was located in the geographic centre of the East Frankish kingdom, it was easily accessible by road. As a result, it was the region in which most East Frankish synods and imperial assemblies were hosted. Louis was only nicknamed "the German" in the 18th century. Contemporary West Frankish sources called Louis rex Germaniae ("King of Germania") or rex Germanorum ("King of the Teutons"). However, in this context, Germania or Germani does not mean "Germany" or "the Germans", but, as in ancient Latin,

10710-503: Was lying seriously ill, and his armies were engaged in a war with the Moravians. Charles the Bald quickly seized Lothair's lands, but Louis, having recovered, compelled him by threat of war to agree to the Treaty of Meerssen , which divided Lothair's lands among all the claimants. The later years of Louis the German were troubled by rebellions of his sons. The eldest, Carloman of Bavaria , revolted in 861 and again two years later. This

10815-620: Was not until 826 that Louis first came to rule Bavaria . In 828 and 829 he undertook two campaigns against the Bulgarians who wanted to penetrate into Pannonia without great success. During his time as Unterkönig, he tried to extend his rule to the Rhine-Main area. His involvement in the first civil war against his father's reign was limited, but in the second his elder brothers, Lothair I , then King of Italy , and Pepin I , Duke of Aquitaine , persuaded him to invade Alamannia which their father had given to their young half-brother Charles

10920-508: Was still a missionary territory and had few churches. He founded a monastery and a school in Hamburg. Although intended to serve the Danish mission further north, it accomplished little. After Louis the Pious died in 840, his empire was divided and Ansgar lost the abbey of Turholt , which Louis had given to endow Ansgar's work. Then in 845, the Danes unexpectedly raided Hamburg, destroying all

11025-470: Was the instigator of the third civil war, which began in 839. A strip of his land having been given to the young half-brother Charles, Louis invaded Alamannia again. This time emperor Louis responded quickly, and soon the younger Louis was forced into the far southeastern corner of his realm, the March of Pannonia . Peace was then made by force of arms. When the emperor Louis died in 840, and Lothair I claimed

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