Dirk van Are
Dirk II | |
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| Church | Archdiocese of Utrecht |
| In office | 1198–1212 |
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| Died | 1212 |
Dirk van Are (? - 1212), also Dietrich II of Are, was
bishop and lord of Utrecht
in the thirteenth century. He appears to be one of those martial churchmen who were better qualified for the camp than the choir. He was Bishop of Utrecht from 1198 until 1212.
He was constantly embroiled with
Utrecht. He contrived, however, to take Dordrecht
, and burn and pillage it, but in the end he was obliged to give up his schemes.
He died at Deventer on 5 December 1212 after governing Utrecht for 14 years.
References
- Rose, Hugh James (1857). "Are, Dirk van". A New General Biographical Dictionary. London: B. Fellowes et al.
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