Burchard (bishop of Utrecht)

{{Short description|Dutch bishop}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific-prefix = | name = Burchard | title = Bishop of Utrecht | image = | alt = | caption = | church = Catholic Church | archdiocese = | diocese = Archdiocese of Utrecht | see = | term = 1100–1112 | predecessor = | successor =  | ordination = | ordained_by = | consecration = | consecrated_by = | cardinal = | rank =  | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = 18 May 1112 | death_place = | previous_post = | nationality = }}

'''Burchard''' was Bishop of Utrecht between 1100 and 1112. He was dean in Strasbourg before he was appointed as bishop by Emperor Henry IV in 1100.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Robinson |first=I. S. |title=Henry IV of Germany, 1056-1106 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2003 |isbn=0-511-00829-5 |location=Cambridge |pages=276 |oclc=52560381}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Stanford |first=Dr Charlotte A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=awqiAgAAQBAJ |title=Commemorating the Dead in Late Medieval Strasbourg: The Cathedral's Book of Donors and Its Use (1320-1521) |date=2013-07-28 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |isbn=978-1-4094-8263-5 |pages=167 |language=en}}</ref> He supported the Emperor during the investiture controversy but he did not play a major part in it. He gave Count Floris II of West Frisia, the title Count of Holland in 1101.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}

Burchard died on 18 May 1112, but his successor, Godbald, was not consecrated until June, leaving a brief vacancy in the office.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ott |first=John S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x4E7DgAAQBAJ |title=Bishops, Authority and Community in Northwestern Europe, c.1050–1150 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-316-36824-4 |pages=87 |language=en}}</ref> Burchard was interred in the Cathedral of Saint Martin, Utrecht. {{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}

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{{S-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{Succession box | before=Conrad | title=Bishop of Utrecht | years=1100–1112 | after=Godbald}} {{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burchard}} Category:12th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Holy Roman Empire Category:Prince-bishops of Utrecht Category:Burials at St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht Category:1112 deaths