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Archdiocese of Cologne

archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Germany

21 dated entries naming Archdiocese of Cologne, drawn from 20 separate years between 924 CE and 1244 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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10th century

  • 924April 11 – Herman I, archbishop of Colognesource
  • 953Summer – Liudolf, duke of Swabia, and his brother-in-law Conrad the Red rebel against King Otto I. Otto and his army fail to capture the cities of Mainz and Augsburg. He declares Liudolf and Conrad as outlaws in absentia. His brother Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne, restores royal authority in Lorraine, but some of the rebellious dukes receive support from the Hungarians. They seize the opportunity to invade Bavaria.source
  • 984September 9 – Warin, archbishop of Colognesource
  • 985Pilgrim, archbishop of Cologne (approximate date)source
  • 995Herman II, archbishop of Cologne (approximate date)source
  • 999June 11 – Ebergar (or Everger), archbishop of Cologne (b. c.940)source

11th century

  • 1003Heribert, archbishop of Cologne, founds Deutz Abbey at Deutz (Germany).source
  • 1010Anno II, archbishop of Cologne (approximate date)source
  • 1022Pilgrim, archbishop of Cologne, marches with his army down the Tyrrhenian coast to lay siege to Capua. The citizens open the gates and surrender the city to the imperial army.source
  • 1028April 14 – The 10-year-old Henry III (the Black), son of Emperor Conrad II (the Elder), is elected and crowned king of Germany in Aachen Cathedral by Pilgrim, archbishop of Cologne.source
  • 1036August 25 – Pilgrim, archbishop of Colognesource
  • 1056February 11 – Herman II (or Heriman), archbishop of Colognesource
  • 1062Spring – Coup of Kaiserswerth: The 11-year-old King Henry IV is abducted, as a result of a conspiracy of German nobles led by Anno II, archbishop of Cologne. Henry's education and training is supervised by Anno, who acts as his regent and is called his magister (his "master" or "teacher"). Empress Agnes of Poitou (Henry's mother) resigns the throne, and Anno with the archbishops Siegfried I and Adalbert of Hamburg takes her place.source
  • 1064Michaelsberg Abbey at Siegburg (modern Germany) is founded by Anno II, archbishop of Cologne.source
  • 1075December 4 – Anno II, archbishop of Colognesource

12th century

  • 1120Frederick II of Berg, archbishop of Cologne (d. 1158)source
  • 1120Rainald of Dassel, archbishop of Cologne (d. 1167)source
  • 1185Engelbert II, archbishop of Cologne (approximate date)source

13th century

  • 1220April 15 – Adolf of Altena, archbishop of Cologne (b. 1157)source
  • 1225November 7 – Engelbert II of Berg, archbishop of Colognesource
  • 1244Heinrich II of Virneburg, archbishop of Cologne (d. 1332)source

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