Adolph II of Nassau
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Adolph II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (German: Adolf II. von Nassau-Wisebaden-Idstein) (c. 1423 – 6 September 1475) was Archbishop of Mainz from 1461 until 1475.
Adolph was a son of Count Adolph II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein.
In 1459 he was defeated in the election to the Archbishopric of Mainz
by Theodoric of Isenburg-Büdingen. In 1461 Pope Pius II
declared Adolph the archbishop of Mainz following the confrontational reforms of Theodoric. Since the city of Mainz and its and cathedral chapter remained loyal to Theodoric, Adolph declared war. The devastating Mainzer Feud continued for a year until on 28 October 1462 Adolph captured the city. Some 400 citizens he had killed, and another 400 fled abroad. Adolph also revoked Mainz's privileges and the status as an Imperial City
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Adolph died in Eltville
in 1475 and was buried in the Eberbach Abbey
.
Adolph was a son of Count Adolph II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein.
In 1459 he was defeated in the election to the Archbishopric of Mainz
Archbishopric of Mainz
The Archbishopric of Mainz or Electorate of Mainz was an influential ecclesiastic and secular prince-bishopric in the Holy Roman Empire between 780–82 and 1802. In the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, the Archbishop of Mainz was the primas Germaniae, the substitute of the Pope north of the Alps...
by Theodoric of Isenburg-Büdingen. In 1461 Pope Pius II
Pope Pius II
Pope Pius II, born Enea Silvio Piccolomini was Pope from August 19, 1458 until his death in 1464. Pius II was born at Corsignano in the Sienese territory of a noble but decayed family...
declared Adolph the archbishop of Mainz following the confrontational reforms of Theodoric. Since the city of Mainz and its and cathedral chapter remained loyal to Theodoric, Adolph declared war. The devastating Mainzer Feud continued for a year until on 28 October 1462 Adolph captured the city. Some 400 citizens he had killed, and another 400 fled abroad. Adolph also revoked Mainz's privileges and the status as an Imperial City
Imperial City
-Places:* Imperial City, Beijing, the central section of Beijing* Imperial City , a walled fortress and palace in the former capital of Vietnam.* Free imperial city, city formally responsible only to the emperor in the Holy Roman Empire,....
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Adolph died in Eltville
Eltville
Eltville am Rhein is a town in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. It is located on the German Half-Timbered House Road ....
in 1475 and was buried in the Eberbach Abbey
Eberbach Abbey
Eberbach Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery near Eltville am Rhein in the Rheingau, Germany. On account of its impressive Romanesque and early Gothic buildings it is considered one of the most significant architectural heritage sites in Hesse, Germany...
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Literature
- Aloys Schmidt: Zur Mainzer Stiftsfehde 1462, in: JbBistumMainz 3, 1948, pg. 89-99
- Karl Menzel: Die Verträge zwischen den Grafen Adolf von Nassau und Diether von Isenburg-Büdingen zur Beilegung des Streits um das Erzstift Mainz, in: Nassauische Annalen 10 (1870), pg 1
External links
- http://mdz.bib-bvb.de/digbib/lexika/adb/images/adb001/@ebt-link?target=idmatch(entityref,adb0010135)Adolph II of Nassau in the Allgemeine Deutsche BiographieAllgemeine Deutsche BiographieAllgemeine Deutsche Biographie is one of the most important and most comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language....
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