Folmar of Karden

Folmar of Karden (ca. 1135 1189), also occurring in the variant forms Fulmar, Vollmar, Volcmar, Formal, or Formator, was the Archbishop of Trier from 1183 and the last not also to be a prince elector. He opposed the emperor in the late twelfth-century phase of the Investiture Controversy. The historian Bernhard von Simson characterized Folmar as "that restless, ambitious, and hard-hearted man."

Folmar of Karden
Archbishop of Trier
Elected25 May 1183
Term ended26 June 1189
PredecessorArnold I
SuccessorJohn I
Other post(s)Papal Legate
Orders
Consecration1 June 1186
by Urban III
Personal details
Bornca. 1135
Diedca. November 1189
Northampton
NationalityGerman
DenominationRoman Catholic
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