Willigis

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Willigis was a powerful 10th-century German churchman and statesman who rose from humble origins to become one of the most influential political and ecclesiastical figures of the Holy Roman Empire.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Willigis canonical 1
Willigis (possibly) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic archbishop ⓘ
human ⓘ
medieval cleric ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
appointedBy Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
birthPlace Duchy of Saxony ⓘ
Schöningen ⓘ
burialPlace Mainz Cathedral ⓘ
canonizationStatus not canonized ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship East Francia ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 940 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 23 February 1011 ⓘ
deathPlace Archbishopric of Mainz ⓘ
Mainz ⓘ
diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz ⓘ
era 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Saxon ⓘ
linked to: Saxons
knownFor acting as imperial regent during Otto III’s minority ⓘ
church building and restoration in Mainz ⓘ
political influence in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
strengthening the archbishopric of Mainz ⓘ
supporting the Ottonian dynasty ⓘ
languageSpoken Old High German ⓘ
memberOf Catholic clergy of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
nobleTitle Prince-archbishop ⓘ
notableEvent participation in imperial politics of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
occupation bishop ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
politician ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
partOf Ottonian Renaissance ⓘ
positionHeld Archbishop of Mainz ⓘ
Archchancellor of Germany ⓘ
Imperial chancellor ⓘ
Regent of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
regencyFor Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
seeAlso Mainz Cathedral ⓘ
servedUnder Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
socialBackground humble origins ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Otto of Worms → child → Willigis (possibly) ⓘ
linked to: Willigis