Adolf II of Waldeck

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Adolf II of Waldeck

Adolf II van Waldeck (ca. 1250 - 13 December 1302) was count

Count

A count is a nobleman in European countries; The word count comes from French language comte, itself from Latin comes?in its Accusative case comitem?meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor"....
of Waldeck

Waldeck (state)

Waldeck was a sovereign principality in the German Empire and German Confederation and, until 1929, a constituent state of the Weimar Republic....
from 1270 to 1276 and prince bishop of Liège from 1301 to 1302.

f was a son of count Hendrik III of Waldeck and of Mechthild of Cuyk-Arnsberg. In 1270 he followed his grandfather Adolf I of Waldeck as count of Waldeck. He arranged a treaty with his brothers Otto and Godfried, which stipulated that one brother would marry Sophie of Hessen (daughter of count Hendrik I of Hessen), and that the other brother would follow suit and also marry.

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Adolf II van Waldeck (ca. 1250 - 13 December 1302) was count

Count

Waldeck (state)

Life

Adolf was a son of count Hendrik III of Waldeck and of Mechthild of Cuyk-Arnsberg. In 1270 he followed his grandfather Adolf I of Waldeck as count of Waldeck. He arranged a treaty with his brothers Otto and Godfried, which stipulated that one brother would marry Sophie of Hessen (daughter of count Hendrik I of Hessen), and that the other brother would follow suit and also marry. The brother to marry Sophie eventually turned out to be Otto, but in 1276 Adolf fell from Otto's favour and became a clergyman. Adolf became the domheer (cathedral-lord) in Liège

Liege

The term Liege may refer to:* Feudalism, where a liege is a party in the vassalic oath of allegiance* Li?ge Island, in the Antarctic* Li?ge , a subway station in Paris...
, and "Domproost" (cathedral-priest) in Trier and Utrecht. His other brother Godfried also became a clergyman, becoming domheer in Cologne

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants....
and Liège, "thesaurus

Treasurer

In many governments, a treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury. Treasurers are also employed by organizations such as clubs to look after funds....
" in Münster

Münster

M?nster is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region and it is also capital of the government region M?nster ....
and in 1304 bishop of Minden. On the death of William II

Willem II Berthout

William II Berthout of Mechelen was bishop of Utrecht from 1296 to 1301, succeeding John II of Sierck. He was a leader of the Berthout family, which ruled over the heerlijkheid of Mechelen....
, Adolf was initially his intended successor as bishop of Utrecht but, under pressure from count John II of Holland

John II, Count of Holland

John II of Avesnes was the oldest son of John I of Avesnes and Adelaide of Holland....
, Adolf found his claims overridden in favour of appointing John's brother Guy of Avesnes

Guy of Avesnes

Guy van Avennes was archbishop of Utrecht from 1301 to 1317....
. Through pope Boniface VIII

Pope Boniface VIII

Pope Boniface VIII , born Benedetto Caetani, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303....
he was granted the bishopric of Liège instead, but he died shortly afterwards.

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