Siegfried II von Eppstein (died 9 September 1230, in
Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...
) was
archbishop of Mainz from 1200 to 1230.
Siegfried was born the second son Gerhard I of Eppstein and hit an ecclesiastical career. Already in 1189 he was the owner of the parish of St. Gangolph in
Mainz
Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Ma ...
. He was the provost of St. Martin in Worms 1194 and of
St. Peter in Mainz 1196.
Sources
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Friedrich Wilhelm Schirrmacher:
''Siegfried II''. In: ''
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB). Vol. 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, p. 259ff.
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12th-century births
1230 deaths
Archbishops of Mainz
Year of birth unknown
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