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Adalbert of Hamburg

c. 1000–1072 · 11th century · Also known as Adalbert of Bremen

Adalbert was archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen from 1043 to 1072. An ambitious adviser of Emperor Henry III and later dominant at the court of the young Henry IV, he sought to make his see a patriarchate over Scandinavia and the north. His enemies drove him from court in 1066, and the chronicler Adam of Bremen recorded his career.

Adalbert of Hamburg
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Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen

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