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Manegold of Berg
Manegold of Berg (b. c. 1140–1150; d. 9 June 1215 in Vien- Holy Roman Empire and met with Emperor Henry VI
na) was abbot of St. George’s Abbey in the Black Forest, (1190–1197), King Philip of Swabia (1198–1208), Emperor
Kremsmünster Abbey and Tegernsee Abbey, and Bishop Otto IV (1198–1215/1218) and Emperor Frederick II
of Passau. (1212/1215–1250). As a bishop he was interested in the
Manegold, the youngest son of Count Diepold of Berg territorial expansion of his bishopric, and had the city of
in Upper Swabia and of Gisela of Andechs, was destined Passau fortified in 1209. He died on 9 June 1215 in Vienna.
for a religious career. He became a monk in his youth,
then abbot of the monastery of St. George’s Abbey in the
Black Forest, where he defended its property rights in
References
the Tennenbach estate conflict (1180–1187). At the same • Franz-Reiner Erkens: Manegold von Berg. In: Neue
time he was also given the management of the Austrian Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 16. Duncker &
monastery of Kremsmünster, which he kept from 1183 to Humblot, Berlin 1990, p. 27. (German)
1206, although not without opposition. He then became • Buhlmann, M., 2003. Manegold von Berg - Abt von St.
abbot of the Bavarian monastery of Tegernsee between Georgen, Bischof von Passau (= Vertex Alemanniae, H. 4).
1190 and 1206, and gave up the abbacy of St. George’s in St. Georgen.
1193 or 1194. • Buhlmann, M., 2003. Die Urkunde Papst Alexanders III.
In 1197 he took part in the Crusade to the Holy Land. für das Kloster St. Georgen (= Vertex Alemanniae, H. 5). St.
He was elected Bishop of Passau in 1206, which he re- Georgen.
mained until 1215. Against the background of the • Buhlmann, M., 2003. Manegold von Berg - Abt von St.
pro-Hohenstaufen attitude of the Counts of Berg, Mane- Georgen, Bischof von Passau: Quellen und Regesten (=
gold was much involved in the political activities of the Vertex Alemanniae, H. 6). St. Georgen.
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