Frederick (died October 954) was the
Archbishop of Mainz
The Elector of Mainz was one of the seven Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire. As both the Archbishop of Mainz and the ruling prince of the Electorate of Mainz, the Elector of Mainz held a powerful position during the Middle Ages. The Archb ...
from 937, following the late
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* Hildebert, Count of Ivois ( 882)
* (died 937)
* (died 1006)
*, abbot ()
*, abbot ()
* Hildebert of Lavardin (died 1133), bishop of Le Man ...
, until his death. He was a son of
Reginar, Duke of Lorraine
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.
Immediately, Frederick acted as an opponent of
Otto the Great
Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), known as Otto the Great ( ) or Otto of Saxony ( ), was East Frankish ( German) king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the eldest son of Henry the Fowler and Matilda ...
, one of the most consistent opponents he faced. In 939, he joined the rebellion of
Eberhard III of Franconia,
Gilbert of Lorraine, and
Henry I of Bavaria
Henry I (919/921 – 1 November 955), a member of the German royal Ottonian dynasty, was Duke of Bavaria from 948 until his death.
Life
He was the second son of the German king Henry the Fowler and his wife Matilda of Ringelheim. After the dea ...
. He was imprisoned in
Hammelburg
Hammelburg is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It sits in the district of Bad Kissingen, in Lower Franconia. It lies on the river Franconian Saale, 25 km west of Schweinfurt. Hammelburg is the oldest winegrowing town (''Weinstadt'') in Francon ...
for a while. He plotted with Henry to assassinate Otto in Easter 941 in
Quedlinburg
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, but they were discovered and put in captivity in
Ingelheim
Ingelheim (), officially Ingelheim am Rhein (), is a town in the Mainz-Bingen Districts of Germany, district in the Rhineland-Palatinate state of Germany. The town sprawls along the Rhine's left bank. It has been Mainz-Bingen's district seat sin ...
, being released and pardoned only after doing penance at Christmas of that year.
Frederick refused to accompany Otto to
Italy
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in 951. He participated in another rebellion with
Liudolf, Duke of Swabia
Liudolf ( – 6 September 957), a member of the Ottonian dynasty, was duke of Swabia from 950 until 954. His rebellion in 953/54 led to a major crisis in East Francia.
Rise
Liudolf was the only son of the Saxon duke Otto the Great, son and hei ...
, and
Conrad, Duke of Lorraine
Conrad ( – 10 August 955), called the Red (), was Duke of Lorraine from 944 until 953. He became the progenitor of the Imperial Salian dynasty.
Life
He was the son of Werner V (died about 935), a Franconian count in the Nahegau, Speyergau, a ...
, luring the king to Mainz in 953. Abandoned by the Lorrainers and without Henry's support this time, the rebels were easily crushed and punished. Frederick tried to distance himself from the fighting, but died before anything could come to him.
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Archbishops of Mainz
10th-century archbishops
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