Folmar of Karden

Folmar of Karden
Folmar of Karden
Archbishop of Trier
Elected	25 May 1183
Term ended	26 June 1189
Predecessor	Arnold I
Successor	John I
Other post(s)	Papal Legate
Orders
Consecration	1 June 1186; by Urban III
Personal details
Born	ca. 1135
Died	ca. November 1189; Northampton
Nationality	German
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Folmar of Karden (ca. 1135 – 1189), also occurring in the variant forms Fulmar, Vollmar, Volcmar, Formal, or Formator, was the Archbishop of Trier from 1183 and the last not also to be a prince elector.^[1] He opposed the emperor in the late twelfth-century phase of the Investiture Controversy. The historian Bernhard von Simson characterized Folmar as "that restless, ambitious, and hard-hearted man."^[2]

^ Because Folmar was never formally installed in the see, he is often omitted (as is Rudolf of Wied) from official lists of the Bishops of Trier, e.g., the list displayed in Trier Cathedral.
^ German: der unruhige, ehrgeizige und harte Mann. Geschichte der deutschen Kaisterzeit, Vol. VI, p. 142. Simson's prejudice against "ultramontane" interference in German internal politics, typical of the Protestant historiography of the Wilhelmine German Empire, must be taken into account in his evaluation of Folmar's character and actions.

[1] Because Folmar was never formally installed in the see, he is often omitted (as is Rudolf of Wied) from official lists of the Bishops of Trier, e.g., the list displayed in Trier Cathedral.

[2] German: der unruhige, ehrgeizige und harte Mann. Geschichte der deutschen Kaisterzeit, Vol. VI, p. 142. Simson's prejudice against "ultramontane" interference in German internal politics, typical of the Protestant historiography of the Wilhelmine German Empire, must be taken into account in his evaluation of Folmar's character and actions.

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