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unusual facts about Hetto, Archbishop of Trier



Hetto

This had been previously granted to Bishop Wermad who served before Trier was made an archiepiscopal see.

History of Metz

The Republic of Metz often had to fight for its freedom: in 1324, against the Dukes of Luxembourg and Lorraine, as well as against the Archbishop of Trier; in 1363 and 1365, against the English brigands under the command of Arnaud de Cervole; in 1444, against Duke René of Anjou and King Charles VII of France; and in 1473, against Duke Nicholas I of Lorraine.

Johann III, Count of Sponheim-Starkenburg

During his reign, several important events occurred, such as the construction of the Heilig-Geist-Hospital in Enkirch and a war with the Archbishop of Trier, Boemund II of Saarbrücken, which caused high death tolls on both sides.

Johann von Metzenhausen

In the wake of the death of Richard von Greiffenklau zu Vollrads, the cathedral chapter met on March 27, 1531 and elected Metzenhausen as the new Archbishop of Trier.

John of Burgundy, Bishop of Cambrai

John of Burgundy (1404 – 27 April 1479), also known as Jean de Bourgogne, was the illegitimate son of John the Fearless, through his mistress Agnes de Croy, daughter of Jean I de Croÿ and was appointed Archbishop of Trier, served as Bishop of Cambrai from 1439–1479, Provost of St. Donatian's Cathedral and St. Peter's Cathedral at Lille.

Leonard Goffiné

He left Coesfeld in 1691, when, at the urgent request of the Archbishop of Trier, he undertook the charge of the parishes, first of Wehr, then of Rheinböllen, and afterwards of Idar-Oberstein, from December, 1696, until his death in 1719.

Theotgaud

He was the abbot of Mettlach prior to his election in 847 to succeed his uncle, Hetto, as archbishop.


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