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Lothar von Hochstaden
(died 1194 in
Rome
) was
Bishop of Liege
and
archchancellor
.
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He came from the family of the
Counts of Hochstaden
. Lothar von Hochstaden was the brother of the Dietrich von Are-Hochstaden of
Hohenstaufen
. He was
provost
of St. Cassius in
Bonn
and
St. Servatius
in
Maastricht
, and
dean
of
St. Lambertus
in
Liege
. After the death of
Archbishop Philip I of Cologne
, the cathedral chapter at the end of 1191 elected him as the new archbishop. However, the
Count of Berg
forced him to give up. Then
Bruno von Berg
was chosen as the new archbishop.
In January 1192 the Emperor
Henry VI
made him archchancellor and bishop of Liege, where there had recently been a contentious election in which both parties were supported by various Flemish nobles. One possible aim of the Emperor was to establish a power base in the Lower Rhine region.
Baldwin V of Hainault
accepted the appointment but
Henry I of Brabant
refused. The originally chosen bishop,
Albert of Leuven
, a brother of Henry of Brabant, obtained from the
Pope Celestine III
confirming his episcopal dignity and was consecrated September 19, 1192 to
Reims
. Then, leaning on Henry VI, Lothar and Baldwin took action against Albert, who was killed on 24 November in front of German knights of Reims. Lothar was blamed for Albert's death. Though he swore his innocence in an oath, the Pope took him with excommunication and released him from his episcopate. Lothar then traveled to Rome. He was released from the spell, but had to abandon the diocese of Liege. To regain his full acquittal, he went in 1194 again to Rome, where he died the same year.
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