Adolph II (or III) of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (German: Adolf II. von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein) (c. 1423 – 6 September 1475) was Archbishop of Mainz from 1461 until 1475. Adolph was a son of Count Adolph II of

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. In 1459 he was defeated in the election to the Archbishopric of Mainz by Theodoric of Isenburg-Büdingen. In 1461

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declared Adolph the archbishop of Mainz following the confrontational reforms of Theodoric. Since the city of Mainz and its cathedral chapter remained loyal to Theodoric, Adolph declared war. The devastating

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continued for a year until, on 28 October 1462, Adolph captured the town. Some 400 citizens he had killed, and another 400 fled abroad. Adolph also revoked Mainz's privileges and its status as a Free City. Adolph died in

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in 1475 and was buried in the

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Literature

*Aloys Schmidt: ''Zur Mainzer Stiftsfehde 1462'', in: JbBistumMainz 3, 1948, pg. 89–99 *Karl Menzel: ''Die Verträge zwischen den Grafen Adolf von Nassau und Diether von Isenburg-Büdingen zur Beilegung des Streits um das Erzstift Mainz'', in: Nassauische Annalen 10 (1870), pg 1

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Adolph II of Nassau
in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie {{DEFAULTSORT:Adolph 02 of Nassau Adolf 2 15th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Holy Roman Empire House of Nassau 1423 births 1475 deaths