Udo (archbishop of Trier)

Udo von Nellenburg (c. 1030/35; † November 11, 1078 in Tübingen ) was from 1066 until his death Archbishop of Trier.

Life

After the assassination of foreign Trier Archbishop Kuno I of Pfullingen 1066 the Trier cathedral chapter with Udo von Nellenburg one of its own members elected the new archbishop of Trier.

Udo von Nellenburg came from an Upper Swabian Counts of Counts of Nellenburg and is the eldest son of Count Eberhard VI. of Nellenburg. He received episcopal ordination to 1067. The accusation simoni genetic machinations occasion of his election he was against Alexander II refute successful in a visit to Rome in the following year.

From 1075 he witnessed the Investiture Controversy between Pope Gregory VII and Emperor Henry IV at close range and was between all fronts always a sought mediator. However, Udo did not live peace between the papacy and the empire. In August 1077 he was still negotiating with the followers of the anti-king Rudolf to strike a fair balance, he remained with the Roman Pontiff and his legate in conjunction and received in March 1078 from the Pope a letter with the request to continue to work for the restoration of peace. Archbishop Udo is subsequently died IV at the siege of Tübingen in the army of King Henry. His final resting place he found in the meantime completed Cathedral of Trier.