Adolf II of Waldeck

Adolf II van Waldeck (ca. 1250 - 13 December 1302) was count of Waldeck from 1270 to 1276 and prince bishop of Liège from 1301 to 1302.

Life

Adolf was a son of count Hendrik III of Waldeck and of Mechthild of Cuyk-Arnsberg. In 1270 he followed his grandfather Adolf I of Waldeck as count of Waldeck. He arranged a treaty with his brothers Otto and Godfried, which stipulated that one brother would marry Sophie of Hessen (daughter of count Hendrik I of Hessen), and that the other brother would follow suit and also marry. The brother to marry Sophie eventually turned out to be Otto, but in 1276 Adolf fell from Otto's favour and became a clergyman. Adolf became the domheer (cathedral-lord) in Liège, and "Domproost" (cathedral-priest) in Trier and Utrecht. His other brother Godfried also became a clergyman, becoming domheer in Cologne and Liège, "thesaurus" in Münster and in 1304 bishop of Minden. On the death of William II, Adolf was initially his intended successor as bishop of Utrecht but, under pressure from count John II of Holland, Adolf found his claims overridden in favour of appointing John's brother Guy of Avesnes. Through pope Boniface VIII he was granted the bishopric of Liège instead, but he died shortly afterwards.

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before = Adolf I of Waldeck
title = Count of Waldeck
years = 1270-1276
after = Otto I of Waldecksuccession box
before = Hugh of Chalon
title = Prince-bishop of Liège
years = 1301-1302
after = Theobald