Frederick I, Archbishop of Cologne

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Frederick I (German: Friedrich I) (c. 1075 - October 5, 1171) was the Archbishop of Cologne from 1100 to 1131.

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Frederick I was a son of Count Berthold I of Schwarzenburg. He became a canon in Bamberg and Speyer.

Frederick was appointed Archbishop of Cologne in 1100 by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry III. Shortly after gaining office, he began construction of the castle of Volmarstein. Frederick took part in drawing up the Concordat of Worms which ended the Investiture Controversy in 1122. Frederick elected Lothair of Saxony over Duke Frederick II of Swabia in 1025, after first offering the crown of Germany to Charles I the Good of Flanders. King Lothar secured the south of the archbishopric through the construction of a series of castles.

Frederick died in 1031, and was buried in the Abbacy of Siegburg.

Preceded by
Hermann III of Cologne		 Archbishop of Cologne
1100–1131		 Succeeded by
Bruno II von Berg
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