Dirk van Are

Dietrich II of Ahr, Dirk van der Aare or Dietrich van der Aare († December 5, 1212 in Deventer, The Netherlands) was bishop of Utrecht.

Dietrich, of the family van der Aare, was in 1197 elected after the death of the two rivals, the Guelph Arnold von Isenburg and Waiblingers Dietrich of Holland, to the bishop. He enjoyed the special favor of the emperor Otto IV, to whom he owed ​​his election and sought the dissensions in Holland exploit to the best of his pen. Thus he was ever heard of William of Holland, who after completing his dispute with his brother Dietrich VII, prevailed in a part of Friesland and whose territory he made him dispute, beaten and imprisoned, and later, when he and Ada and Count Ludwig by Loz (or Lom ) on the Count Dietrich fought heritage, he mingled continually favor of the latter, and sought the earlier Utrecht belonging, but afterwards -down to Holland countries to bring back to the pen.

Equally, he was in constant dispute with Count Otto I of funds, over the ownership of the Veluwe, which land joined the Lower and Upper Pen. It never succeeded the warlike and domineering prelates to enforce his claims and when he died in 1212, the diocese more than ever under Dutch influence was. As a prince of the Church Dietrich was very active to better organize his diocese, fixing the discipline of the clergy, etc. Dietrich was a true representative of the higher clergy of his time, a high- aspiring mind never at rest, always anxious to extend his power.

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• Bishop of Utrecht
• Roman Catholic Bishop ( 13th Century )
• House Are
• Born in the 12th century
• Died in 1212
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