Occo of Schleswig

[1] However, Eric III Lamb imposed his chaplain Hermann, who was born in the Holy Roman Empire.

[1] Occo sided – unlike his Archbishop Eskil of Lund – with Olaf Haraldsen who aimed at dethroning his cousin Eric Lamb, but failed.

The royal steward (or stadholder) for Schleswig, Nicolaus, ravaged Esberns's possessions and his residence (Old Gottorp).

[1] This made Eskil inflicting the ban on Occo, but due to internal quarrels in the church the bishop of Schleswig managed to stay in office until his death.

Adolf Ditlev Jørgensen, "Aage, – 1167, Biskop i Slesvig", in: Dansk biografisk leksikon, vol.