Henry I of Bar (1158–1191) was

Count of Bar The County of Bar, later Duchy of Bar, was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire encompassing the ''Barrois, pays de Barrois'' and centred on the city of Bar-le-Duc. It was held by the County of Montbéliard, House of Montbéliard from the 11t ...

, lord of

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and Amance from 1170 to 1190. He was the son of Renaut II of Bar and Agnes of Champagne. He was still under-age at the time of his father's death, and his mother acted as regent for him from 1170 to 1173. Since some of his ancestors had been

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in 1172, but he resisted. She responded by laying waste the diocese of Verdun. Both mother and son were excommunicated and forced to submit in 1177. In 1178, the

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began to construct a fortress at

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, with the authorisation of the

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, Simon II. Overwhelmed by the size of the task, he entrusted it to Henry, who made use of it. This did not compromise his good relations with the Duke, although the latter could have felt threatened by the fortresses of Liverdun, Amance and Mousson. Through his mother, Henry was a first cousin of

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and was present at his coronation on 1 November 1179 at

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by their uncle

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. After the fall of Jerusalem in 1187, Henry joined the

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. He set out in the middle of 1189, before Kings Philip and

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. On arriving in what remained of the

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, he took part in the

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. He was joined there in summer 1190 by his uncles

Theobald V of Blois Theobald V of Blois (1130 – 20 January 1191), also known as Theobald the Good (french: Thibaut le Bon), was Count of Blois from 1151 to 1191. Biography Theobald was son of Theobald II of Champagne and Matilda of Carinthia. Although he was the ...

and

Stephen I of Sancerre Stephen I (1133–1190), Count of Sancerre (1151–1190), inherited Sancerre on his father's death. His elder brothers Henry Ι and Theobald V received Champagne and Blois. His holdings were the smallest among the brothers (although William, the ...

, and his cousin

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. On 4 October 1190, he was seriously wounded in battle against the forces of

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, and died from these injuries in 1191.Ambroise, ''The History of the Holy War: Ambroise's Estoire de la Guerre Sainte'', Vol. 1, transl. Marianne Ailes, (The Boydell Press, 2003), 74 note 227.

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