Pope Victor II
1018 CE–1057 CE · Swabia
Gebhard of Dollnstein-Hirschberg, a Swabian noble and bishop of Eichstätt, was a trusted counselor of Emperor Henry III before becoming Victor II. The last of the German reform popes chosen by Henry, he uniquely combined papal and imperial influence, serving as the dying emperor's confidant and a regent-like guardian for the young Henry IV. He continued Leo IX's campaigns against simony and clerical concubinage through reforming synods. His death in 1057, after barely two years, removed a stabilizing figure linking empire and papacy on the eve of the investiture struggles that would soon set the two powers against each other.
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Swabia, a historic region of southwestern Germany. Pope Victor II (Gebhard of Dollnstein-Hirschberg) came from the Swabian imperial nobility.
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- Peter Damian· 1007 CE–1072 CE
- Pope Benedict IX· 1012 CE–1056 CE
- Pope Benedict IX (2nd reign)· 1012 CE–1056 CE
- Pope Benedict IX (3rd reign)· 1012 CE–1056 CE
- Pope Bl. Victor III· 1026 CE–1087 CE
- Anselm of Canterbury· 1033 CE–1109 CE
- Pope Bl. Urban II· 1035 CE–1099 CE
- Pope Alexander II· –1073 CE
- Pope Sylvester III· –1063 CE
- Pope Nicholas II· –1061 CE
- Pope Gregory VI· –1048 CE
- Pope Damasus II· –1048 CE
- Pope Clement II· –1047 CE
- Pope John XIX· –1032 CE
- Pope Paschal II· –1118 CE
- Pope Gelasius II· –1119 CE
- Pope Benedict VIII· –1024 CE
- Pope Callixtus II· –1124 CE
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- Emperor Renzong of Song· 1010 CE–1063 CE
- Anawrahta· 1014 CE–1077 CE
- Constantine IX Monomachos· 1000 CE–1055 CE
- Tughril I· 990 CE–1063 CE
- Alp Arslan· 1029 CE–1072 CE
- al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah· 1005 CE–1036 CE
- William the Conqueror· 1028 CE–1087 CE
- Yaroslav the Wise· 978 CE–1054 CE
- al-Mustansir Billah· 1029 CE–1094 CE
- Lady Six Monkey 'War Quechquemitl'· –1101 CE
- Rajendra Chola I· 971 CE–1044 CE
- Malik-Shah I· 1055 CE–1092 CE
- Ly Thai To· 974 CE–1028 CE
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