Bernhard II of Baden ( , - , ) - Margrave of Baden , who ruled in 1453-1458.
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| Together with | Charles I (1454 - 1458) | ||||||
| Predecessor | Jacob I | ||||||
| Successor | Charles I | ||||||
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Pope Clement XIV beatified Bernhard in 1769.
Currently, the question of its canonization is still being considered. In May 2011, the Archbishop of Freiburg published a public petition in the official journal of his archdiocese. Public discussion began in June 2011. In November 2017, Pope Francis authorized the Congregation for the Canonization of Saints to issue a decree recognizing Bernhard's heroic virtue.
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Biography
Bernhard was the second son of Jacob I of Baden and Katerina of Lorraine. He grew up in a very religious family and received an excellent education, which would prepare him for the subsequent role of ruler. It was assumed that he would become the Margrave of Pforzheim , Eberstein, Besigheim and several areas in the northern part of Margrave.
Bernhard II was associated with the Habsburg dynasty through his older brother Charles I , who married Catherine of Austria , sister of Emperor Frederick III . This kinship should give Bernhard access to the imperial court. At first, he helped his uncle Rene of Anjou in an armed conflict in northern Italy, where he fought bravely. After the death of his father in 1453, he returned to Baden, where he agreed to relinquish his rights to part of the Margrave in favor of his brother. Instead, despite his young age, he became the personal messenger of Frederick III.
Bernhard II tried to help the poor. He spent most of his income helping the poor and needy. Even during his lifetime, he astonished his contemporaries with unusual piety.
Under pressure after the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Habsburg imperial family began to prepare a crusade against the expanding Ottoman Empire . Bernhard II was sent to European princely houses to search for allies. He died of the plague during one of these visits on July 15, 1458 in Moncalieri in northern Italy. Bernardo , as the Italians call him, is still revered there.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 11865635X // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 The Peerage
- ↑ Volker Hasenauer: Ritter und frommer Diplomat , in: Konradsblatt , issue of 23 January 2011, p. 20-23
Literature
- Christine Schmitt: Der selige Bernhard von Baden in Text und Kontext 1858-1958. Hagiographie als engagierte Geschichtsdeutung = Schriften zur südwestdeutschen Landeskunde , issue 46, DRW-Verlag, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, 2002, ISBN 3-7995-5246-4
- H. Dietrich Siebert (1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 ), " Bernhard II. ", Neue Deutsche Biographie (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot). - T. 2: 109-109 , < http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0001/bsb00016318/images/index.html?seite=127 >
Links
- Bernhard II (Margrave of Baden) at the German National Library .
- Margrave Bernhard II of Baden