PHILIP OF HEINSBERG. – Archbishop of Cologne. Having become, while still young, provost of the Chapter of Liège, he administered the archdiocese of Cologne as representative of Archbishop Rainald of Dassel with great prudence and political tact.
In 1166 he was imperial chancellor, and in 1171 archbishop of Cologne. A fervent partisan at first of Frederick Barbarossa, in 1169 he crowned his son Henry VI. But around 1148 he came into conflict with the emperor, creating a strong opposition party and throwing his support to Pope Urban III, who in 1186 appointed him papal legate. In 1181 he was reconciled with the emperor at Mainz, and in 1190 he accompanied Henry VI to Italy, where he died near Naples on 13 sq. 1191.
Bibl.: H. Peter, Philipp. Erzbischof von Köln, Berlin 1861; A. Peters, Reichssoflitik des Erzbischofs Philipp V. Köln, Marburg 1899; R. Knippling, Regesten des Erzbischofs von Köln, II, Cologne 1901, pp. 163-268; F. Lauchert, Philipp V. Heinsberg, in LTHK. VIII, col. 230.