Adalbert I von Saarbrücken (died Events Louis VII is crowned King of France. He subsequently marries Eleanor of Aquitaine, daughter of William X. Births Amalric I, Latin king of Jerusalem Deaths April 9 - William X, Duke of Aquitaine Louis VI, King of France Categories: 1137 ... 1137), Between 780/82 AD and 1802 AD the Archbishop of Mainz, was an influential ecclesiastic and secular prince of the middle ages. His see was established in the 4th century AD, in the city of Mainz, which had been a Roman provincial capital, but the office really came to prominence... Archbishop of Mainz ( Events Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Paschal II Baldwin VII of Flanders becomes Count of Flanders Deaths March 3 - Bohemund I, prince of Antioch Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali, muslim theologian Robert II of Flanders Categories: 1111 ... 1111–1137), played a key role in opposing Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, (1081 - May 23, 1125) was the fourth and last ruler of the Salian dynasty. He forced the abdication in 1105 of his father, the emperor Henry IV and secured his own election as king, assuming the imperial crown in 1111. Despite initial Papal support for... Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor and in securing the election of The sole member of the house of Supplinburg to hold the titles, Lothar II (1075-1137) became duke of Saxony in 1106, king of Germany in 1125 and Holy Roman Emperor in 1133. Lothar faced opposition through most of his reign from Frederick II, the Hohenstaufen duke of Swabia, whom... Lothar II, Holy Roman Emperor.

Life

Of the family of the counts of Saarbrücken, he served as imperial chancellor under Henry IV (November 11, 1050 — 1106) was King of Germany from 1056 and Emperor from 1084, until his abdication in 1105. He was the third emperor of the Salian dynasty. Henry was the eldest son of the Emperor Henry III, by his second wife Agnes de Poitou, and was... Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Henry V. In Events December 4 - First Crusade: The Crusaders conquer Sidon. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor invades Italy The Russian Primary Chronicle ends Beginning of the construction of Fontevraud Abbey in France Beirut and Sidon are captured by the Crusaders Mawdud of Mosul captures all land belonging to the Crusader County of... 1110 he was sent to Rome as part of an embassy to arrange for Henry V's coronation as emperor. In exchange for supporting the Emperor in his quest to regain the rights to investiture (which Henry received from Paschal II, né Ranierius (d. January 21, 1118), pope from August 13, 1099 until his death, was a native of Bieda, near Viterbo, and a monk of the Cluniac order. He was created cardinal priest of San Clemente by Pope Gregory VII. about 1076, and was consecrated pope in succession... Pope Paschal II in 1111), he was given the position of archbishop of Mainz. Following this, however, Adalbert turned against the Emperor, due to personal dislikes as well as territoral ambitions. Henry ended up imprisoning Adalbert for three years ( Events The people of Laon, France, proclaim a commune and murder their bishop Salzwedel, Germany is founded The German state of Baden is founded Afonso I becomes king of Portugal Otto of Ballenstedt is made Duke of Saxony by Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor Births Deaths Tancred, Prince of Galilee... 1112– Events Clairvaux Abbey is founded by St. Bernard. Anselm of Laon becomes archdeacon of Laon. Hugh of St. Victor joins the Victorines in Paris. Pierre Abélard becomes canon of Notre Dame. Stephen of England becomes count of Mortain. The title of Duke of Atholl is created (approximate date). Lothar... 1115) without trial after the archbishop refused to hand over control of the imperial castles. Following his release, caused by a revolt by the people of Map of Germany showing Mainz Mainz (French Mayence) is a city in Germany, which is the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Introduction Mainz is located on the left bank of the river Rhine, opposite the confluence of the Main river with the Rhine. Population (2002): 183... Mainz, he actively worked against the Emperor, using the latter's excommunication as a pretext. Strong papal campaigning had meanwhile turned much of the German clergy against the Emperor, and Adalbert soon became the leader of the anti-Imperialist bishops. When Henry left for Italy in Events Baldwin I of Jerusalem undertakes an invasion of Egypt The modern book of separate pages stitched together is invented in China Construction starts on the Chennkesava temple The Aztecs leave Aztlán searching for the site of what will eventually become Tenochtitlán and later Mexico City Births Deaths... 1116, Adalbert raised much of the country against the Emperor, and the conflict continued. After Callixtus II, né Guido of Vienne (d. December 13, 1124), the son of William I, Count of Burgundy, was elected Pope on February 2, 1119, after the death of Gelasius II. In 1088, he became the Archbishop of Vienna. He held strong views about the Investiture Crisis, but was willing... Pope Calixtus II gained power in Events February 2 - Callixtus II becomes Pope August 20 - Henry I of England routes Louis VI at the Battle of Bremule. Battle of Ager Sanguinis - Crusaders defeated outside Antioch Births Emperor Sutoku of Japan Deaths January 29 - Pope Gelasius II July 17 - Baldwin VII of Flanders Henry de Beaumont, 1st... 1119, he made the archbishop a papal legate, following which Henry attacked Mainz. In response, Adalbert convinced the Saxon nobility to revolt. Negotiations between the two sides after they met for battle resulted in a temporary truce. The conflict between the two was suspended indefinately following the Also called the Pactum Calixtinum, the Concordat of Worms was an agreement between Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V on September 23, 1122 near Worms. Following efforts by Lamberto Scannabecchi (later Pope Honorius II) and the Diet of Würzburg (1121) in 1122, Pope Calixtus II and... Concordat of Worms in Events Resolution of Investiture Controversy in the Concordat of Worms Pierre Abélard writes Sic et Non Births Eleanor of Aquitaine at Belin (near Bordeaux) Deaths Ralph dEscures, archbishop of Canterbury Margrave Ottokar II of Styria Categories: 1122 ... 1122, where the Emperor surrendered investiture.

Adalbert did not forget his hatred of Henry, however. Upon the latter's death in Events May 23 - Lothar of Saxony becomes Holy Roman Emperor on the death of Henry V. War ends between Toulouse and Provence. The castle of Nassau is built. Albert of Aix begins his Historia Hierosolymitanae expeditionis. Magnus the Strong becomes ruler of Sweden. June 11 - The Crusaders defeat the Seljuk... 1125, he saw a golden oppurtunity. The archbishop felt that the German monarchy needed was much too powerful and needed to be weakened, starting with the elimination of hereditary succession. In the past, the elections for the Salian kings had been more of a mere stamp of approval for the living Emperors' sons than an actual election to determine who would become king. In this case, Henry's nephew, Frederick II of Hohenstaufen (1090 – 1147) was duke of Swabia, succeeding his father, duke Frederick I in 1105. In 1121 married Judith of Bavaria, a member of the powerful House of Guelph. On the death of Emperor Henry V, his uncle, Frederick stood for election as King of Germany... Frederick II, Duke of Swabia stood as the obvious choice. However, after gaining the imperial insignia, the archbishop sabotaged Frederick's rise to the kingship. Adalbert convinced the nobility that hereditary monarchy was not in their best interests, and persuaded them to instead choose the relatively weak candidate Duke Lothar of With an area of 18,400 sq. km. and a population of 4.6 million, the Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen) is the tenth largest in area but sixth in population among Germanys sixteen federal states. Created upon Germanys reunification in 1990, it occupies the approximate... Saxony, who became Lothar II. The election was thus important in that the nobility could no longer be guaranteed to vote for a king's designated heir, which forced later kings to give even greater concessions than ever before in return for a promise to elect their sons.

Adalbert died in 1137 and was buried in a chapel of Mainz Cathedral Mainz Cathedral, formally known as St. Martin Cathedral or Mainzer Dom in German, is located near the historical center of Mainz, Germany. The massive structure looms over the largely pedestrianized center market square. Its enormous red-sandstone, six-towered body shelters the half-timbered houses of the... Mainz Cathedral.

Sources

• Karl Hampe (1973). Germany Under the Salian and Hohenstaufen Emperors. ISBN 0631141804
• Catholic Encyclopedia: (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01127a.htm) Adalbert I