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Adolph II (or III) of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (German: Adolf II. von Nassau-Wisebaden-Idstein) (c. 1423 – 6 September 1475), was Archbishop of Mainz from 1461 until 1475.
Adolph was a son of Count Adolph II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein.
In 1459 he was defeated in the election of Archbishop of Mainz by Theodoric of Isenburg-Büdingen. In 1461 Pope Pius II declared Adolph the archbishop of Mainz following the confrontational reforms of Theodoric. The city and cathedral of Mainz was loyal to Theodoric so Adolph declared war. The devastating Mainzer Feud continued for a year before on 28 October 1462 Adolph captured the city of Mainz. He had killed approximately 400 citizens of the city, and another 400 fled abroad. Adolph revoked the privileges and the status of Imperial City of Mainz.
Adolph died in Eltville in 1475 and was buried in the Eberbach Abbey.
Literature
- Aloys Schmidt: Zur Mainzer Stiftsfehde 1462, in: JbBistumMainz 3, 1948, pg. 89-99
- Karl Menzel: Die Verträge zwischen den Grafen Adolf von Nassau und Diether von Isenburg-Büdingen zur Beilegung des Streits um das Erzstift Mainz, in: Nassauische Annalen 10 (1870), pg 1
External links
- Adolph II of Nassau in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
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| Preceded by Theodoric of Isenburg-Büdingen |
Archbishop of Mainz 1461-1475 |
Succeeded by Theodoric of Isenburg-Büdingen |
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