What king of Denmark born in the year 1170 reserved the right to appoint the bishops of Reval to himself?
Roman Catholic Diocese of Reval The Bishopric of Reval was created in Duchy of Estonia by Valdemar II of Denmark in 1240. Contradictory to canon law Valdemar II reserved the right to appoint the bishops of Reval to himself and his successor kings of Denmark. The decision to simply nominate the see of Reval was unique in the whole Catholic Church at the time and was disputed by bishops and the Pope. During the era, the election of bishops was never established in Reval and the royal rights to the bishopric and to nominate the bishops was even included in the treaty when the territories of the Duchy of Estonia were sold to Teutonic Order in 1346.
Walter Ophamil Walter Ophamil or Offamil (fl. 1160–1191), italianised as Gualtiero Offamiglio or Offamilio from Latin "Ophamilius", was the archdeacon of Cefalù, dean of Agrigento, and archbishop of Palermo (1168–1191), called ""il primo ministro"", the first minister of the crown. He was long thought to be an Englishman ("Walter of the Mill") who came to Sicily with Peter of Blois and Stephen du Perche at the direction of Rotrou, Archbishop of Rouen, cousin of Queen Margaret of Navarre, originally as a tutor to the royal children of William I of Sicily and Margaret. 'Of the Mill' is actually an incorrect translation, 'ophamilius' referred to Walter being part of William II's 'familiares regis' or from the Latin "protofamiliaris", meaning "first confidante [of the king]". His mother was Bona, a patron of the Abbey of Cluny and a "devota et fidelis nostra" of the king in 1172. His father is unknown.