When Pope Nicholas II died on July 27, 1061, Roman nobles and a group of Lombard bishops led by Wibert royal chancellor for Italy, went to the German court and asked Empress Agnes, mother and regent of young King Henry V, to nominate Bishop Cadalo of Parma, who was not a cardinal, as successor of Pope Nicholas II. Cadalo's principal supporters were Bishops Dionisio of Piacenza and Gregorio of Vercelli. To give the appearance of a canonical election, a synod was convoked at Basle in which Bishop Cadalo was elected by a miscellaneous assembly on October 28, 1061. There were no cardinals present in the synod and a good number of archbishop of bishops opposed the election. The new antipope took the name Honorius II... In Rome however Archdeacon Hildebrand masterminded the election of Bishop of Lucca Anselmo de Baggio as Pope Alexander II...
In Germany, meanwhile, a revolution had taken place. Anno, the powerful Archbishop of Cologne, had seized the Regency, and the Empress Agnes retired to the convent. The chief authority in Germany passed to Anno, who was hostile to Honorius II and sympathetic to Hildebrand and Alexander II...
WI Anno never seizes power and Alexander II and Hildebrand are going down in defeat? How is this altering History? Any thoughts?
In Germany, meanwhile, a revolution had taken place. Anno, the powerful Archbishop of Cologne, had seized the Regency, and the Empress Agnes retired to the convent. The chief authority in Germany passed to Anno, who was hostile to Honorius II and sympathetic to Hildebrand and Alexander II...
WI Anno never seizes power and Alexander II and Hildebrand are going down in defeat? How is this altering History? Any thoughts?