Siegfried III (archbishop of Mainz)

Siegfried III von Eppstein (died 9 March 1249) was Archbishop of Mainz from 1230 to 1249. He in 1244 granted freedom to the citizens of Mainz, who subsequently could run their affairs more independently though their own council;^[2][3] in law it remained an episcopal city.^[4]

Siegfried III
Archbishop of Mainz
Archbishop Siegfried III of Mainz, shown crowning Henry Raspe and William II of Holland. The oldest memorial in Mainz Cathedral.[1]
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Electorate of Mainz
In office	1230–1249
Personal details
Died	9 March 1249

He acted as regent for Conrad IV of Germany, while Emperor Frederick II was campaigning in Italy, 1237 to 1242.^[5] He was, though, a supporter of Pope Innocent IV.^[6]

He held a major synod in 1239.^[7]

He added Lorsch Abbey to the archbishopric.^[8]

Notes

1. Kathryn Brush, The tomb slab of archbishop Siegfried III von Eppstein in Mainz cathedral : a thirteenth-century image and its interpretative context in: Grabmäler. Tendenzen der Forschung (2000) p. 33-50
2. John M. Jeep, Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia (2001), p. 486.
3. Mainz Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
4. André Vauchez, Richard Barrie Dobson, Michael Lapidge, Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages (2000), p. 892.
5. The New Cambridge Medieval History V, p. 399.
6. Catholic Encyclopedia
7. Paul B. Pixton, The German Episcopacy and the Implementation of the Decrees of the Fourth (1995), p. 418.
8. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lorsch Abbey

External links

• (in German) Tombstone
• "Siegfried III". Germania Sacra people index (in German). Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
• The city rights privilege for Mainz dated 1244 ("digitalised image". Photograph Archive of Old Original Documents (Lichtbildarchiv älterer Originalurkunden). University of Marburg.)

Preceded by Siegfried II	Archbishop of Mainz 1230–1249	Succeeded by Christian II