Heinrich von Berg
Heinrich von Berg (died 14 April 1197 in Würzburg) was
Early life
Heinrich von Berg comes from the
According to the count of the bishop's orders, Count Heinrich is a Passau bishop, Heinrich I, and a Bishop Heinrich III of Wurzburg.
Career as Bishop of Passau
Heinrich began his spiritual career as the canon of Speyer Cathedral and was elected by Frederick Barbarossa in the election as bishop of Passau, against the candidate of Pope Alexander III Albo preferred, but had to leave shortly afterwards in 1171 and followed his younger brother Diepold. Heinrich went back to Speyer and rose to the Dompropst in 1176 and took over this post in 1180 also in Bamberg.
Career as Bishop of Wurzburg
In Reichpolitik he appeared in 1193 when the Emperor was a guest in Wurzburg, and on 14 February he negotiated a treaty with the Duke Leopold of Austria on the extradition of the
References
- ISBN 3-429-01263-5, p350–351.
- ^ Herbert Wilhelm Wurster: Das Bistum Passau und seine Geschichte. 4 Bände, Straßburg 1994-2010.
- ^ Liste aller Bischöfe des Bistums Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine.
- ISBN 3-429-01263-5, p350–351.