From 971 to 981, Gisilher was the Bishop of the new see of Merseburg. When he was elevated to the archdiocese in that latter year, however, he suppressed the Merseburg bishopric on the basis that its creation (967 or 968) had not received the written consent of the Diocese of Halberstadt.[1] In 981, the Diocese of Merseburg was united to that of Magdeburg. It was only separated on Gisilher's death.[2] The archbishop had the support of the Bishops of Zeitz and Meissen, who wished to aggrandise their own dioceses.
gisilher, archbishop, magdeburg, gisilher, gisiler, giseler, died, 1004, second, archbishop, magdeburg, succeeding, saint, adalbert, from, until, death, 1004, from, gisilher, bishop, merseburg, when, elevated, archdiocese, that, latter, year, however, suppress. Gisilher Gisiler or Giseler died 1004 was the second Archbishop of Magdeburg succeeding Saint Adalbert from 981 until his death in 1004 From 971 to 981 Gisilher was the Bishop of the new see of Merseburg When he was elevated to the archdiocese in that latter year however he suppressed the Merseburg bishopric on the basis that its creation 967 or 968 had not received the written consent of the Diocese of Halberstadt 1 In 981 the Diocese of Merseburg was united to that of Magdeburg It was only separated on Gisilher s death 2 The archbishop had the support of the Bishops of Zeitz and Meissen who wished to aggrandise their own dioceses In 983 the Slavic tribes bordering eastern Saxony rebelled Havelberg and Brandenburg were destroyed and the March of Zeitz devastated In August the margraves of Meissen Lusatia and the Nordmark joined with the troops of the Bishop of Halberstadt under the leadership of Gisilher and defeated the Slavs at Belkesheim near Stendal 3 4 Nevertheless the Germans were once again limited to the land west of the Elbe In March 984 Gisilher hosted Henry II Duke of Bavaria in Magdeburg on Palm Sunday He supported Henry for the regency of the young Emperor Otto III and perhaps even as king for Henry received the commendation of the magnates at Magdeburg 5 On his death in 1004 there followed a brief conflict between King Henry II and the cathedral canons before Tagino was installed as archbishop 6 Notes edit Thompson 1928 p 402 Reuter 1991 p 241 Thompson 1928 p 490 Reuter 1991 p 179 Reuter 1991 p 185 Reuter 1991 p 195 Sources edit Reuter Timothy 1991 Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800 1056 Longman History of Germany New York Longman ISBN 9780582490345 Thompson James Westfall 1928 Feudal Germany Vol II New York Frederick Ungar Publishing Gisilher Gisiler Giseler or GiselmarBorn unknown Died 1004 Catholic Church titles Preceded byBoso Bishop of Merseburg971 981 VacantTitle next held byWigbert of Merseburgsee defunct only restored in 1004 Preceded byAdalbert Archbishop of Magdeburg981 1004 Succeeded byTagino Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gisilher archbishop of Magdeburg amp oldid 1093802368, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
