Kuno II. von Falkenstein
Kuno II of Falkenstein (actually Konrad von Falkenstein, * in 1320 on Castle Falkenstein at Thunder Mountain, † May 21, 1388 at Burg mouse) was from 1362 to 1388 Archbishop and Elector of Trier.
His parents were Count Kuno I von Falkenstein and coins mountain and Countess Johanna of Saarwerden.
Kuno 1325 canon, 1345 Scholaster 1348 and provost of the cathedral chapter of Mainz. As a supporter of the local Archbishop Henry III. of Virneburg he made a name for himself against the aging Archbishop of Trier, Bohemund II of Saarbrücken and in Henry's struggle 1346-1353 to the archbishopric of Mainz with Gerlach of Nassau.
Kuno was appointed coadjutor, and on May 27, 1362 as the successor Bohemund in Trier on April 4, 1360. 1366, he also became Coadjutor Archbishop of Cologne, Engelbert III. , Who had asked him for help against the rebellious towns Andernach and Linz am Rhein, and remained after his death in 1368 until the year 1370 administrator of the archbishopric of Cologne. He saw to it that Frederick III. was of Saarwerden, the son of his cousin, in 1371 Archbishop of Cologne. To it by Pope Urban VI. 1384 offered cardinal he refused.
In Trier, he prevented predatory incursions of the Bretons in the archbishopric and sat successful with his rejection of the imperial immediacy of the city of Trier by. He also was able to record several territorial gains for the archbishopric. After 26 years in government, he thanked from 1388, died shortly thereafter and was buried in the Kastorkirche in Koblenz. His great- nephew Werner von Falkenstein became his successor.