biography
| name: |
Rudolf (of Utrecht)
|
pronunciation:
[rüdolf]
| sex:
| male
|
| lived:
| (c.1400–55)
|
| biography:
| Count of Diepholt and Bishop of Utrecht (1423–55). He was supported by the Lichtenbergers, at the time in dispute with the Lokhorsters, and elected by the chapter under pressure from the towns and the nobility, although Pope Martin V, pressed by the Lokhorsters, had approved a different candidate, Zweder of Culemborg, proposed by Philip the Good of Burgundy. In effect the diocese was split, each ruling half, although the dispute continued. In 1432 Rudolf gained approval by Martin's successor, Pope Eugene IV, but after Zweder's death (1433), a new candidate, Walraven of Meurs, was put in by the Council of Basel, but resigned in 1448. Rudolf was now universally recognized, but his subjects drove him out after a dispute about taxes and political power. In 1449 he returned, using force. |
|
|
