Folmar of Karden
Folmar of Karden | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Trier | |
| Elected | 25 May 1183 |
| Term ended | 26 June 1189 |
| Predecessor | Arnold I |
| Successor | John I |
| Other post | Papal Legate |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1 June 1186 by Urban III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | ca. 1135 |
| Died | ca. November 1189 |
| Nationality | German |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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."