!!!Philipp von Sponheim

b. 1220, 
d. Krems (Lower Austria), July 22, 1279, Archbishop of Salzburg. Last 
of the  Sponheim lineage. As a relative of the Přemysl dynasty 
(cousin of Přemysl  Otakar II), he became provost of 
Vyšehrad in 1237 and chancellor of the Kingdom of Bohemia. From 
1247 Archbishop of Salzburg and entrusted by Pope Innozenz IV with the 
administration of the archbishopric. P. was skilful in military 
matters; suspended by the pope in 1256 and expelled from Salzburg in 
1263; 1267 relinquished the title of archbishop and claimed the duchy 
of Carinthia after his brother  Ulrich III, which was also claimed by 
Otakar II. P. then joined  Rudolf I of Habsburg, but failed to obtain 
Carinthia. Received a pension from the Habsburgs until his death.

!Literature
H. Dopsch, Přemysl Ottokar II. und das Erzstift 
Salzburg, Jb. f. Landeskunde von NOe., 44/45, 1979.



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