Background
Theodoric was a son of Architecture-Cupbearer Eberhard VI of Erbach.
Theodoric was a son of Architecture-Cupbearer Eberhard VI of Erbach.
He was Archbishop of Mainz from 1434 until 1459. Theodoric was confirmed by Pope Eugene IV on 20 October. At the Council of Basel Theodoric maintained a neutral position and tried to mediate between both sides.
In 1439 he managed to get all the German princes and the King to recognise Eugene as the legal pope.
He commissioned the printing of the Mainz Psalter. Theodoric died in Aschaffenburg in 1459.
He was a member of the cathedral chapter of Mainz when on 6 July 1434 he was elected its archbishop.