Ueber das Leben und die Verdienste Johann von Dalbergs

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meritorious man from the same remains unknown, or at least there are only fragments which one must seek out with much effort and incessant research to make him and his merits better known. If ever a lineage deserved its own special history, it would be the baronial house of Dalberg, which, without flattery, is very old and has made itself famous. One need not derive its age from the times of the Romans, according to the taste of previous centuries; it is indeed old and brilliant enough if its certainty can be historically authenticated and proven through documents from the 10th century. However, this is not my ultimate purpose, and I speak here only in general of the brilliance that this house spread over itself and how it distinguished itself in the realm of scholarship. Thus, we find a Heribert, who was Archbishop and Churfürst Prince-Elector in Cologne (1), died in 1021 or 1022 or even 1023, and because of his

(1) See: Chronological attempt at a catalog of the Bishops, Archbishops, Chancellors, Archchancellors and Electors of Cologne original: "Conatus chronologicus ad Catalogum Episcoporum, Archiepiscoporum, Cancellariorum, Archicancellariorum & Electorum Coloniæ, Claudiæ Augustæ Agrippinensium" page 84 and following. The author begins

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