Elector of Mainz

13 dated entries naming Elector of Mainz, drawn from 13 separate years between 769 CE and 1457 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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8th century

769Hersfeld Abbey (modern-day Hesse-Nassau), Germany, is founded by Lullus, archbishop of Mainz (approximate date).source
780Rabanus Maurus, archbishop of Mainz (approximate date)source

9th century

847April 21 – Rabanus Maurus, a Frankish Benedictine monk, becomes archbishop of Mainz after the death of Odgar.source
856February 4 – Rabanus Maurus, archbishop of Mainzsource
891June 25 – Sunderolt, archbishop of Mainzsource
899December 8 – Arnulf of Carinthia dies from paralysis following a stroke and is entombed in St. Emmeram's Abbey at Regensburg (Bavaria). He is succeeded by his 6-year-old son Louis III (the Child) as ruler of the East Frankish Kingdom. Arnulf's counselor Hatto I, archbishop of Mainz, becomes regent and guardian of the young king. Louis (possibly at the instigation of Hatto) claims Lotharingia from his half-brother Zwentibold and with the support of the East Frankish nobles he provokes a civil war. The Lombard throne is left temporarily vacant.source

10th century

968March 2 – William, archbishop of Mainz (b. 929)source
970January 18 – Hatto II, archbishop of Mainzsource
975March – Otto II appoints his archchancellor Willigis as archbishop of Mainz. He receives the pallium from Pope Benedict VII.source

12th century

1191August 5 – Rudolf of Zähringen, archbishop of Mainzsource

13th century

1249March 9 – Siegfried III, archbishop of Mainz (b. 1194)source

15th century

1410October 1 – A different set of electors— Friedrich III. von Saarwerden, Elector of Cologne; Johann II von Nassau, Elector of Mainz and Rudolf III, Elector of Saxony elects Jobst of Moravia as their choice for the King of the Romans. The conflict will remain unresolved for another four years.source
1457August 14 – The Mainz Psalter, the second major book printed with movable type in the West, the first to be wholly finished mechanically (including colour), and the first to carry a printed date, is printed for the Elector of Mainz.source