The archbishopric is run through its own ministerial families, now risen high: the archbishop is an Uthlede and the new bishop of Livonia a Buxhoeveden, whose kin will follow him to the Düna.
The advocates of the city of Bremen and of Stade and the keepers of Vörde are not pinned by name for 1 January 1200.
Who he is
- Name
- the families of Uthlede and Buxhoeveden among others; the advocates of Bremen and Stade on 1 January 1200 are not pinned by name
- Title
- the see's unfree knights (ministeriales) and its advocates (Vögte)
- Family
- Archbishop Hartwig II is himself an Uthlede; Bishop Albert of Livonia is a Buxhoeveden (Bexhövede near Loxstedt)
- Confidence
- low
de.wikipedia Hartwig II.; en.wikipedia Albert of Riga
Overlord
Archbishop Hartwig II
What it holds
- service fiefs on the lower Weser (Uthlede, Bexhövede) and in the Elbe marsh
How it was acquired
Service to the see.
How things stand that morning
Serving Hartwig; some are taking the cross with Albert.
Military
The core of the archbishop's host.
What the year holds
What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.
- spring 1200Buxhoeveden kinsmen and other ministeriales sail with Bishop Albert to Livonia.Depends on: Albert's recruiting
Places of note
- Uthlede: Hartwig's family seat
- Loxstedt (near Bexhövede): near the Buxhoeveden seat
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Names of office-holders in 1200 not found.
On the map: No separate ground: their fiefs lie inside the archbishop's lands.
Primary sources for Bremen
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Annals of Stade, by Albert of Stade, Albert of Stade (about 1240 to 1256). A world chronicle written at Stade in the 1240s from older Stade and Bremen annals. Read online
- Chronicle of the Slavs, by Arnold of Lübeck, Arnold of Lübeck (about 1209 to 1210). Arnold continues Helmold and writes from Lübeck, close to Danish, Welf and Baltic affairs. Read online
- Chronicle of the Slavs, by Helmold of Bosau, Helmold of Bosau (about 1167 to 1172). Background only. Read online
- The Livonian Chronicle of Henry, Henry of Livonia (1225 to 1227). The chief source for the Baltic mission. Read online
- Charter books of Lübeck and of Hamburg (documents to 1226 (Lübeck vol. 1) and to 1300 (Hamburg vol. 1)). The charters of the two north German towns and of the archbishops of Bremen and Hamburg. Read online
- Charter book of Livonia, Estonia and Courland, volume 1, 1093 to 1300 (documents of 1093 to 1300, edited 1853). The documents of the Livonian mission: Innocent III's bull of 5 October 1199 calling for a crusade to protect the Livonian church, the privileges for Bishop Albert, Archbishop Hartwig of Bremen's acts for the see of Üxküll, and the later charters that settle who held what on the Düna.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.