Hermann IV of Hesse

Hermann IV of Hesse
Hermann IV of Hesse
Ruprecht of the Palatinate
Successor	Philip II of Daun-Oberstein
Orders
Consecration	4 March 1487
Personal details
Born	1442; Bonn, Electorate of Cologne
Died	27 September 1508
Buried	Cologne Cathedral

Hermann IV of Hesse (

Prince-Bishop of Paderborn

from 1498 to 1508.

Biography

Early years, 1450–1473

Hermann IV of

Charles University in Prague

.

In 1472, Hermann made a bid to become

Bishop of Hildesheim, but was forced to withdraw from the episcopal election after he failed to secure papal recognition. He became diocesan administrator of the Archdiocese of Cologne

in 1473.

Role in the Siege of Neuss, 1474–1475

As diocesan administrator of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Hermann was involved in the Cologne Ecclesiastical Conflict (German: Kölner Stiftsfehde) at the time that Charles the Bold launched the Siege of Neuss.

In November 1475, Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor appointed Hermann Stiftsgubernator.

Archbishop of Cologne, 1480–1508

Hermann assumed control of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne following the arrest of Archbishop

Ruprecht of the Palatinate in 1478.^[1] After Ruprecht's death on 26 July 1480, Hermann was elected as his successor on 11 August 1480. Pope Innocent VIII

confirmed his appointment in November 1480.

After many turbulent years, Hermann devoted himself to the administrative and financial recovery of the archdiocese. For the 28 years of peace and stability, Hermann earned himself the moniker of "the Peaceful".

Prince-Bishop of Paderborn, 1498–1508

In 1495, Hermann became

Philip of Cleves, Dean of Strasbourg Cathedral and his brother John II, Duke of Cleves but could not ultimately prevail. Hermann was allied with Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Pope Alexander VI

.

The Reichskammergericht upheld Hermann's jurisdiction over the eastern part of Paderborn. He held a Lehenstag in Paderborn on 1 October 1500 to allow the nobles of Paderborn to pay homage to him. The Reichskammergericht also restored Helmarshausen and Delbrück to the bishop.

Hermann took his role as a spiritual pastor seriously and intensified episcopal oversight of the monasteries. He read mass and prayed the breviary regularly, and performed other episcopal liturgical acts. He arranged for the financing to build the church in Bevern in 1501, and consecrated the church in 1506.

Death

Hermann died on 27 September 1508. He was buried in

Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia

.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Hermann IV of Hesse

8.

Louis the Junker

4. Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse

9. Elizabeth of Sponheim

2. Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse

10. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg

5. Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg

11. Elisabeth of Meissen

1. Hermann IV of Hesse

12. Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia

6. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony

13. Catherine of Henneberg

3. Anna of Saxony, Landgravine of Hesse

14. Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

7. Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg

15. Sophie of Pomerania

References

^ New Advent website, Cologne

This page is based on this page on German Wikipedia.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Ruprecht of the Palatinate	Archbishop-Elector of Cologne 1480–1508	Succeeded by Philip II of Daun-Oberstein
Preceded by Simon III of Lippe	Prince-Bishop of Paderborn 1498–1508	Succeeded by Eric of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

[1] New Advent website, Cologne

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