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. , ; Steven Runciman, A History of the Crusades I, p. 146.
3. , in French.

External links

• Gertrud Thoma (1993). "Otbert, Bischof von Lüttich". In Bautz, Traugott. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German) 6. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1132–1333. ISBN 3-88309-044-1.