Herman I (died April 11, 924) was
Archbishop of Cologne from 890 to 924. He was the son of
Erenfried I of
Maasgau, of the
Ezzonian dynasty.
As
chancellor of
Zwentibold
Zwentibold (''Zventibold'', ''Zwentibald'', ''Swentiboldo'', ''Sventibaldo'', ''Sanderbald''; – 13 August 900), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was the illegitimate son of Emperor Arnulf.Collins 1999, p. 360 In 895, his father granted h ...
,
King of Lotharingia
The rulers of Lorraine have held different posts under different governments over different regions, since its creation as the kingdom of Lotharingia by the Treaty of Prüm, in 855. The first rulers of the newly established region were kings of ...
, he helped to execute in 911 his kingdom's annexation to
West Francia
In medieval history, West Francia (Medieval Latin: ) or the Kingdom of the West Franks () refers to the western part of the Frankish Empire established by Charlemagne. It represents the earliest stage of the Kingdom of France, lasting from about ...
. In 921, he was a signatory of the
Treaty of Bonn and, in 922, participated in the
Synod of Koblenz.
He died in 924 and was buried in the
Hildebold Dom in
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...
.
9th-century births
924 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Ezzonids
Archbishops of Cologne
9th-century archbishops
10th-century archbishops
House of Limburg-Stirum
Counts of Germany
10th-century Latin writers
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