Siegfried III von Eppstein, archbishop of Mainz …
Years: 1244 - 1244
Siegfried III von Eppstein, archbishop of Mainz from 1230, makes Mainz a free city in 1244.
The citizens of Mainz can now run their affairs more independently though their own council; in law, Mainz remains an episcopal city.
It will soon become the center of a powerful league of Rhenish towns.
Locations
People
Groups
- Germans
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Mainz, Electoral Archbishopric of
- Holy Roman Empire
- Welf, House of
- Nassau, County of
