Tedald (archbishop of Milan)

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Tedald was archbishop of Milan (died in Milan on 25 May 1085) from 1075 to 1085.

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Early life

Tedald was born into a noble family in Milan. [1] [2] He entered into the service of King Henry IV of Germany who employed him in the royal chapel. [3] [2]

Archbishop

Henry IV made Tedald archbishop of Milan in 1075. [4] When appointing Tedald to the archbishopric, Henry ignored his former decision about the appointment of another cleric, Godfrey, to the same see. [3] The King also disregarded the claim of Pope Gregory VII's candidate, Atto, to the archbishopric. [1] The suffragan bishops consecrated Tedald archbishop. [2]

Tedald approached Pope Gregory, seeking the Pope's "friendship" in a letter, but the Pope was unwilling to acknowledge the royal investiture. [1] [5] On 8 December, Gregory forbade the Archbishop's suffragan bishops to consecrate Tedald and summoned Tedald to Rome to give an account of his appointment. [1] [6] The Pope regarded Tedald as a rebel and a renegade and accused him of claiming the see of the lawful archbishop, Atto. [7]

The Pope excommunicated Tedald at an unknown date. [8]

Henry IV made his three-year-old son, Conrad, his lieutenant in Italy before returning to Germany early in 1077. [9] On the same occasion, the King appointed Tedald and Denis, Bishop of Piacenza, as his son's guardians. [9] Tedald's excommunication was renewed at the Lenten synods of Rome in 1078, 1079 and 1080. [10]

Tedald was one of the nineteen Italian prelates to attend the synod that Henry IV held at Brixen on 25 June 1080. [11] The assembled prelates declared that Pope Gregory VII's election had been invalid. [11] Historian David J Hay has suggested Tedald was the leader of the coalition of Lombard bishops that defeated Matilda of Tuscany at the battle of Volta Mantovana in October 1080. [12]

Tedald and his suffragans appointed one thousand knights to accompany King Henry to Rome in 1082. [13]

Tedald died in Milan on 25 May 1085 (on the same day as Pope Gregory VII). [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Robinson 2003, p. 140.
  2. 1 2 3 Cowdrey 2004, p. 130.
  3. 1 2 Robinson 2003, pp. 139–140.
  4. ↑ Robinson 2003, p. 139.
  5. ↑ Cowdrey 2004, p. 131.
  6. ↑ Cowdrey 2004, pp. 131–132.
  7. ↑ Malegam 2013, p. 102.
  8. ↑ Cowdrey 2004, pp. 284–285.
  9. 1 2 Robinson 2003, p. 166.
  10. ↑ Cowdrey 2004, p. 285.
  11. 1 2 Robinson 2003, p. 198.
  12. ↑ Hay 2008, p. 78.
  13. ↑ Robinson 2003, p. 222.
  14. ↑ Cowdrey 2004, p. 286.

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