Jean de Vienne (archbishop, died 1382)
Jean de Vienne (
Jean's father was Gauthier or Vauthier (died 1344), the lord of Mirebel. His mother was Achillande, the heiress of the lordship of La Roche-en-Montagne .[1][2]
In 1337, Jean was a
On 8 June 1355, Jean was appointed to succeed his relative, either an uncle
In Metz, another free imperial city, Jean encountered the same problem keeping peace with the citizens of the town. He moved the episcopal residence to Vic-sur-Seille, but on 13 August 1365 he was transferred to the diocese of Basel. There he encountered for the third time the same difficulty in getting along with the citizens of a free imperial city, owing to his vigorous assertion of the church's temporal rights. He also fell out with his own cathedral chapter. He went to war over Nidau with the noble families of Kyburg and Thierstein. When the episcopal town of Bienne made an alliance with Bern, it was burned to the ground by Jean. The Bernese responded by burning the episcopal property in the city. The bishop was finally defeated in battle at Malleray in 1367.[1][2]
The diocese of Basel was heavily in debt when Jean took it over. After years of war, he was forced to pledge his minting rights and his control of customs and tolls in order to raise money.
Jean died at Porrentruy and was buried there in the parish church of Saint-Pierre.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Vienne, Jean de" Archived 2009-05-04 at the Wayback Machine, Saarländische Biografien.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Romain Jurot, "Vienne, Jean de [Johann von]", in Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse – Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz – Dizionario storico della Svizzera (2013).
Further reading
- Bessire, Paul Otto (1968). Histoire du Jura bernois et de l'ancien évêché de Bâle. Basel. pp. 61–63.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Parisse, Michel; Ries, Markus (2001). "Johann von Vienne". In Erwin Gatz (ed.). Die Bischöfe des Heiligen Römischen Reiches 1198 bis 1448. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. p. 64. ISBN 3-428-10303-3.
- Quiquerez, Auguste (1836). Jean de Vienne, ou l'Évêché de Bâle au XIVme siècle. Porrentruy.