Burchard (bishop of Utrecht)

Burchard
Bishop of Utrecht
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseArchdiocese of Utrecht
In office1100–1112
Personal details
Died18 May 1112

Burchard was Bishop of Utrecht between 1100 and 1112. He was dean in Strasbourg before he was appointed as bishop by Emperor Henry IV in 1100.[1][2] He supported the Emperor during the investiture controversy but he did not play a major part in it. He gave Count Floris II of West Frisia, the title Count of Holland in 1101.[citation needed]

Burchard died on 18 May 1112, but his successor, Godbald, was not consecrated until June, leaving a brief vacancy in the office.[3] Burchard was interred in the Cathedral of Saint Martin, Utrecht. [citation needed]

  1. ^ Robinson, I. S. (2003). Henry IV of Germany, 1056-1106. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 276. ISBN 0-511-00829-5. OCLC 52560381.
  2. ^ Stanford, Dr Charlotte A. (2013-07-28). Commemorating the Dead in Late Medieval Strasbourg: The Cathedral's Book of Donors and Its Use (1320-1521). Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-4094-8263-5.
  3. ^ Ott, John S. (2015). Bishops, Authority and Community in Northwestern Europe, c.1050–1150. Cambridge University Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-316-36824-4.