Zweder van Culemborg (or Kuilenburg) (died 21 September 1433) was

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during the Utrecht Schism. After the death of bishop

Frederik III van Blankenheim Frederick of Blankenheim (c. 1355 – Castle Ter Horst ( Loenen), 9 October 1423) was bishop of Strasbourg from 1375 to 1393 as Friedrich II, and bishop of Utrecht from 1393 to 1423 as Frederik III. Strasbourg and Utrecht Frederik van Blanken ...

in 1423, a succession-conflict had emerged between the two candidates for the bishopric's seat; Zweder van Culemborg and

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. In order to end the conflict, pope

Martin V Pope Martin V ( la, Martinus V; it, Martino V; January/February 1369 – 20 February 1431), born Otto (or Oddone) Colonna, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 November 1417 to his death in February 1431. Hi ...

nominated his own favourite, to the bishopric in 1422. But Rhabanus declined the nomination, after which the pope appointed Zweder on 6 February 1425. Rudolf refused to accept this, and Zweder had to use violence to get his authority recognised. However, he was driven out of the city of

in 1426 by his opponents. As a result Rudolf was excommunicated by the pope, but he nonetheless managed to maintain himself, even though Zweder was initially supported by the duke of Guelders and

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, who was also count of Holland. But Rudolf was able to sign treaties with neighbouring rulers, after which pope

Eugene IV Pope Eugene IV ( la, Eugenius IV; it, Eugenio IV; 1383 – 23 February 1447), born Gabriele Condulmer, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 3 March 1431 to his death in February 1447. Condulmer was a Venetian, and ...

, Martin V's successor, appointed Zweder to the titular bishopric of

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and recognised Rudolf as bishop of Utrecht on 10 December 1432. Zweder complained about this at the

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, which ruled in his favor, but he died in

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shortly after.

Sources

This information is partly based on ''De Katholieke Encyclopaedie'' (Amsterdam, 1938) Prince-Bishops of Utrecht 1433 deaths 15th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Holy Roman Empire Year of birth unknown Roman Catholic titular archbishops of Caesarea {{Europe-RC-bishop-stub