. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. —K. R. H. M. 42 DIETRICH VON PORTITZ. shown such a genius for government, even as a monk at Lehnin,that the Bishop of Brandenburg, Ludwig von Neiendorff, intrust-ed him with the administration of his diocese, much to his ownadvantage. The Emperor, Charles IV., early recognized the im-portance of this man; created him Bishop of Sarepta and Chan-cellor of Bohemia, subsequently procured him the Bishopric ofMinden, and finally the Archbishopric of Magdeburg. The cog-nomen of Kagelwiet or Kogelwiet this distinguished person re-ceived from a castle of
. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. —K. R. H. M. 42 DIETRICH VON PORTITZ. shown such a genius for government, even as a monk at Lehnin,that the Bishop of Brandenburg, Ludwig von Neiendorff, intrust-ed him with the administration of his diocese, much to his ownadvantage. The Emperor, Charles IV., early recognized the im-portance of this man; created him Bishop of Sarepta and Chan-cellor of Bohemia, subsequently procured him the Bishopric ofMinden, and finally the Archbishopric of Magdeburg. The cog-nomen of Kagelwiet or Kogelwiet this distinguished person re-ceived from a castle of this name in Bohemia, but according tosome, from the white hood which he had assumed in orders atLehnin. A tradition asserts that the Bohemian magnates, enviousof the eminence of the Chancellor, accused him of fraud, and re-ferred the Emperor to the iron chest which stood in Dietrichsprivate chamber. When Charles IV. had this chest opened byDietrich, there was only found within it the monks frock, thewhite hood of Brother Dietrich of As to the relationship between the Archbishop Dietrich Ko-gelwiet and Claus Bismarck, it must be admitted that it has notbeen clearly established by the records. But we think we do not ADMINISTRATION OE CLAUS. 43 err in assuming that Dietrich Kogelwiet was also one of the Bis-marcks of Stendal of the same family as Claus von certainly is called Dietrich von Portitz, but we must not con-sider this singular in an age when brothers even existed with dif-ferent surnames; and, on the other hand, an identical name byno means establishes any relationship, or places it beyond doubt. Common armorial bearings were a much surer index to familyaffinity between their wearers than identical names. We cannot, as before stated, absolutely prove from the records that theArchbishop Dietrich Kogelwiet was a Bismarck: it may be de-cided by later researches, but there are several reasons for con-sidering this to be the case. There was no family o
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