Héribrand III of Hierges
(Héribrand of Bouillon) (died 1117) was lord of
Hierges
Hierges () is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region in northern France.
Hierges is located in the Meuse valley along the Belgian border.
Population
Sights and monuments
* Château de Hierges, a castle whose origins ...
and Castellan of Bouillon. He was the son of
Héribrand II of Saussure, lord of Hierges and of
Hedwige d'Orchimont.
He was a knight in the
First Crusade
The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic ru ...
in the
army of Godfrey of Bouillon
The army of Godfrey of Bouillon, the duke of Lower Lorraine, in response to the call by Pope Urban II to both liberate Jerusalem from Muslim forces and protect the Byzantine Empire from similar attacks. Godfrey and his army, one of several Frankis ...
.
He married Hodierna of Rethel, daughter of
Hugh I of Rethel and therefore sister of King
Baldwin II of Jerusalem
Baldwin II, also known as Baldwin of Bourcq or Bourg (; – 21August 1131), was Count of Edessa from 1100 to 1118, and King of Jerusalem from 1118 until his death. He accompanied his cousins Godfrey of Bouillon and Baldwin of Boulogne to the ...
. His son
was
constable of the kingdom of Jerusalem from 1144 to 1152. He was buried in the church in
Niverlée in present-day Belgium.
Sources
* Héribrand of Bouillon, in A Database of Crusaders to the Holy Land, 1095-1149, Jonathan Riley-Smith, et al. (availabl
on-line
References
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Christians of the First Crusade
1117 deaths
Year of birth unknown