Occo of Schleswig (also Aage, Aagge, Ogge) was the

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of the

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between 1141 and 1145 and again from 1161 to 1167. The chapter of Schleswig Cathedral elected Occo bishop in 1138, after Bishop

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had been elected the new bishop of Roskilde.Adolf Ditlev Jørgensen
"Aage, – 1167, Biskop i Slesvig"
in: '' Dansk biografisk leksikon'', vol. I: Aaberg – Beaumelle, p. 7. However, Eric III Lamb imposed his chaplain Hermann, who was born in the

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. So Occo was hindered to ascend the see. The city of

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and the diocesan clergy preferred the Bishop elect Occo and after unrest among the townsfolk Hermann resigned, and Occo ascended. Eric Lamb provided for Hermann with another position. Occo sided – unlike his Archbishop

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– with

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who aimed at dethroning his cousin Eric Lamb, but failed. Occo then had to leave and went into French exile. Eskil then consecrated Esbern as new bishop of Schleswig. The royal steward (or stadholder) for Schleswig, Nicolaus, ravaged Esberns's possessions and his residence (Old Gottorp).Wilhelm Ernst Christiani, ''Geschichte der Herzogthümer Schleswig und Hollstein'': 4 parts, Flensburg and Leipzig: Korten, 1775–1779, part 1 (1775)
p. 307
retrieved on 29 June 2013. So Esbern's relatives protected him and killed Nicolaus. Fearing the royal revenge Esbern fled to

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, where he died in 1161. King Valdemar I the Great then reappointed Occo as bishop. This made Eskil inflicting the ban on Occo, but due to internal quarrels in the church the bishop of Schleswig managed to stay in office until his death. Starting in 1161 Occo built a new

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, replacing the destroyed one, however, on another site.

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Adolf Ditlev Jørgensen
"Aage, – 1167, Biskop i Slesvig"
in: '' Dansk biografisk leksikon'', vol. I: Aaberg – Beaumelle, p. 7. Bishops of Schleswig 1167 deaths Date of death unknown Place of death unknown Year of birth unknown Place of birth unknown 12th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Denmark {{bishop-stub