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{{short description|Bishop of Meissen in the 12th century}}
'''Reinward''' (d. {{circa}} 1150) was [[Bishop of Meissen]] from 1140 to 1150.
He also appears under the variants ''Reinwald, Reinbert, Rembert, Reinhard, Reinwert'' or ''Richard''. In old lists of bishops he further appears, incorrectly, as ''Meinward, Meinwert, Meinhard'' or ''Menward'' for the period 1046 to 1056 and as ''Grambert, Grambor, Grambod'' or ''Grambrecht'' for the period 1118 to 1125.
There is no information available about Reinward's family background. Before becoming bishop he was a cathedral provost in [[Meissen Cathedral]]. He also experienced the [[Second Crusade]].
As for the length of his episcopate, older authorities such as [[Georg Fabricius|Fabricius]] maintained that Reinward died on 24 July 1146 and was succeeded by a Bishop Berthold.<ref>''Annalium urbis Misnae'' (1569)</ref> Machatschek however found no evidence of Berthold and concluded that Reinward died in about 1150 and was directly succeeded by [[Albrecht I of Meissen|Albrecht I]].
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== Further reading ==
* Eduard Machatschek: ''Geschichte der Bischöfe des Hochstiftes Meissen in chronologischer Reihenfolge (...)'', pp. 111–116. Dresden 1884
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| before = [[Godebold of Meissen]]
| after  = [[Albrecht I of Meissen]]
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[[Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Meissen]]
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