Otbert of Liège
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Otbert of Liège (died 1119) was bishop of Liège at the end of the eleventh century (in office 1091–1119).[1] He was a major figure in the financing of the First Crusade, and an expansionist.
He was a close supporter of Emperor Henry IV, accompanying him on campaigns.
In 1096 he took the whole Duchy of Godfrey of Bouillon as a pledge,[2] for a sum of 1300 marks. He also bought the château de Couvin from Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut. At the same time he prevailed in a conflict over the comté de Brugeron, with Godfrey I of Leuven[3]
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- ↑ Catholic Encyclopedia: Liege
- ↑ [1], [2] Template:Webarchive; Steven Runciman, A History of the Crusades I, p. 146.
- ↑ [3], in French.
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