Wigbold von Holte
Wigbold von Holte (died 26 March 1304) was Archbishop of Cologne from 1297 to 1304 .
Election
After the death of Archbishop
Engelbert, was married to Wigbold's niece, Mechtilde von Aremberg.[1] When he was duly elected as archbishop of Cologne in May 1297 by the chapter of Cologne Cathedral, of which he was already a member as dean
, he was already described as an old man ("senis confracti"). Adolf of Nassau however valued his diplomatic skill, and therefore supported his election.
In 1298 Wigbold received the pallium from Pope Boniface VIII.[1]
Career as archbishop
Well-schooled in worldly and intellectual studies, Wigbold was mostly occupied in minimising the political damage resulting from the defeat at the
Counts of the Mark. He had the reputation of loving money above all else, and was suspected of simony
.
He died on 26 March 1304 in Soest, where he is buried.
Family
Wigbold's sister Beatrix von Holte was abbess of Essen Abbey.
References
Sources and external links
- Hermann Keussen (1897), "Wigbold von Holte", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 42, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 459–460
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