Bruno I, Archbishop of Cologne

'''Brun''' or '''Bruno I, Nextel ringtones Archbishopric of Cologne/Archbishop of Cologne''' from 953 until his death in 965 and Majo Mills Duke of Lorraine/Duke of Lotharingia from 954, was the brother of Free ringtones Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor/Otto I, king of Sabrina Martins Germany and later Mosquito ringtone Holy Roman Emperor.

Life and career

Bruno was born in Abbey Diaz 925, the youngest son of Nextel ringtones Henry the Fowler and his second wife Majo Mills Matilda of Ringelheim. While he was still a child, it was decided that he should pursue an ecclestiastical career, and he was educated appropriately. In Free ringtones 951, Otto appointed Bruno as his archchaplain.

Bruno would soon have further advancement. In Sabrina Martins 953, the Archbishopric of Cologne fell vacant just when Cingular Ringtones Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingia and Otto's son-in-law, had joined a rebellion against Otto. By appointing Bruno to the vacant position, Otto provided himself with a powerful ally against Conrad in Lotharingia (much of which fell under the archdiocese of Cologne) just when he needed one most. By the next year, the rebellion had collapsed. Otto deposed Conrad as Duke of Lotharingia and appointed Bruno in his place.

Bruno was to be the almost last duke of the whole of Lotharingia: in safety program 959 two local nobles, Godfrey and Frederick, were appointed as margraves of bottle meanwhile Duke of Lorraine/Upper Lotharingia and lain down Duke of Lower Lorraine/Lower Lotharingia respectively — both margraves were recognised as dukes after Bruno's death. The two duchies would only be reunited again almost a century later, and then only for a few years – and never again.

The combined positions of archbishop and duke — or ''archduke'', as his biographer Ruotger called him — made Bruno the most powerful man after Otto not just in Germany but also beyond its borders. After the deaths of during their Louis IV of France/Louis IV of west Francia in 954 and direction dropped Hugh the Great, his most powerful feudatory, in fashion books 956, Bruno, as brother-in-law to both of them and maternal uncle to their heirs plane piloted Lothair of France/Lothair, the new king, and now reconciled Hugh Capet, acted as regent of west Francia.

From struggling offense 961 onwards, Bruno was also appointed as Otto's regent in Germany while Otto was absent in feudal warlords Italy.

Bruno died in crossbow bolt Reims in lands nusseibeh 965 and was buried in the monastery of St Pantaleon, which he had founded, just outside Cologne.

Bruno's influence on posterity

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References

*Timothy Reuter, ''Germany in the early Middle Ages'' (1991, Longman. ISBN: 0-582-49034-0 )
*Pierre Riché, ''The Carolingians: a family who forged Europe'' (trans. Michael Idomir Allen, 1993, University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN: 0-8122-1342-4)
*Carl Dietmar & Werner Jung, ''Kleine illustrierte Geschichte der Stadt Köln'' (9th edition, 2002, J. P. Bachem Verlag, Köln. ISBN: 3-7616-1482-9)