William VIII of Jülich, Count of Ravensberg
Wilhelm von Berg ( * 1382, † November 22, 1428 ) was when William II Count of Ravens mountain and reigned as Prince-Bishop William the Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn ( 1402-1414 ). He came from the Duchy of Berg, the ruling line of the house Jülich.
Curriculum vitae
William was the third son of Duke William I of Berg and Anna, daughter of the Elector Ruprecht II of the Palatinate, and sister of the German King Ruprecht. Ruprecht von Berg, elec- Prince-Bishop of Passau and Paderborn, was William's brother.
The support of his royal uncle owes Wilhelm election to the ( non-ordained ) bishop of Paderborn 1401. Though his father in 1402, the county Ravens mountain transfers him to support William in 1403 his brother Adolf against this, but reconciled itself in 1404 with his father in his rebellion again and Ravens Berg is confirmed in the possession.
As a result, he leads many feuds, including against lip, which he imposes on the Paderborn supremacy in parts and decreases for Ravens mountain Enger.
With his close advisors tapestry person he reformed the pin Böddeken in Buren ( Westphalia ) in the sense of Devotion Moderna. In an attempt to achieve the same for the monastery Abdinghof in the city of Paderborn, brings Wilhelm citizenship and stands on against him.
1414 When he applies for the vacant archbishopric of Cologne, his dortiger competitor Dietrich von Moers allied with William's opponents in the diocese of Paderborn and allows you to choose a bishop. Thus harassed, Wilhelm must renounce Paderborn and his Cologne entitlement, pulls back on him remaining Ravensberg and resides on the rafter Castle in Bielefeld.
In 1416 he married Adelheid Dietrich niece of Tecklenburg and is the progenitor of a new line of Wuppertal Dukes, as the company resulting from the marriage only son Gerhard inherits not only the county Ravens mountain, but in 1437 the duchies of Jülich and Berg.
William died in 1428 and is buried in the New Town Marienkirche in Bielefeld, where his tomb can still be visited today.