Zweder van Culemborg [SEP] position held
Zweder van Culemborg
Zweder van Culemborg (or Kuilenburg) (died 21 September 1433, in Basel) was bishop of Utrecht during the Utrecht Schism.
After the death of bishop Frederik III van Blankenheim in 1423, a succession-conflict had emerged between the two candidates for the bishopric's seat; Zweder van Culemborg and Rudolf van Diepholt. In order to end the conflict, pope Martin V nominated his own favourite, Rhabanus von Helmstatt to the bishopric in 1422. But Rhabanus declined the nomination, after which the pope
the second son of this Philip de la Torre, lord of Valkenisse and Maurik and of Henriette van Cuylenburg(h) (also: Hendrika van Culemborg), daughter of Zweder van Culemborg (1541-1597), descendant of a bastard branch from nobleman Hubert van Culemborg (1420-1481). The possession of the lordship of Valkenisse inherited on the brother of Jacobus, François de la Torre, married to Maria van Poelgeest, descendant of the noble Van Poelgeest family. Jacobus de la Torre also descended from the De Cock van