Otbert of Liège

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]

Notes

1. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia: Liege
2. ^ [1], [2]; Steven Runciman, A History of the Crusades I, p. 146.
3. ^ [3], in French.

External links

• Gertrud Thoma (1993). Bautz, Traugott. ed (in German). Otbert, Bischof von Lüttich. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). 6. Herzberg. cols. 1132–1333. ISBN 3-88309-044-1. http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/o/otbert_b_v_l.shtml. 

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Name	Otbert of Liège
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Short description	Roman Catholic bishop
Date of birth	unknown
Place of birth
Date of death	1119
Place of death