Wigbold von Holte

Wigbold of Holte († March 26, 1304 in Soest ) was from 1297 to 1304 Archbishop of Cologne. He came from a noble family with its headquarters in the Osnabrück area ( Holter castle ).

Election as Archbishop of Cologne

After the death of Archbishop Siegfried in Bonn on April 7, 1297 the nobility and clergy gathered to elect a new Archbishop of Cologne in Neuss, because at Cologne still bore the interdict. King Adolf of Nassau was present at the election. Count Eberhard stepped off the mark for choosing a Wigbolds because a niece Wigbolds, Mechtilde of Aremberg was married to his eldest son Engelbert. When he was elected by the cathedral chapter as Archbishop of Cologne in May 1297 where he served as dean, he was already considered a senio confracti, as an old man. King Adolf appreciated his diplomatic skill and was therefore also for choosing Wigbolds.

1298 Wigbold received the pallium from Pope Boniface VIII.

Act as Archbishop of Cologne

In the secular and spiritual sciences taught well, he primarily worked on trying to mitigate the political damage as a result of defeat in the Battle of Worringen his predecessor against the Counts of Mark. He also had the reputation that he love her more than anything and the money was simoni table. He died on 26 March 1304 in Soest, where he is also buried.

Wigbolds sister Beatrix of Holte was Abbess of Essen.