Adalbert

Adalbert, a great German ecclesiastic, born of a noble family about 1000, was appointed Archbishop of Bremen and Hamburg in 1045, and papal legate to the north in 1053. He soon extended his spiritual sway over Scandinavia, and carried Christianity to the Wends. In 1063 he became tutor of the young Henry IV., and soon, spite of the opposition of the nobles, ruled over the whole kingdom. His ambitious mind now conceived the design of founding a great northern patriarchate, which should vie with the Roman curia itself; but he died too soon for his vast design, at Goslar, March 16, 1072.