Henri de Verdun was

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from 1075 to 1091. He owed his election to the influence of his relative

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, with the

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. Henri took part in the

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. He was instrumental in refortifying

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, which brought enmity from the

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. Despite being an imperial supporter in the

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, he built up his diocese by acquisitions (e.g. of

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in 1078,

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). Internally he operated as guardian of the

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from 1081, and instituted a court system.

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References

* * * *H. Vanderlinden, ''Le tribunal de la paix de Henri de Verdun (1082) et la transformation de la principauté de Liège,'' in Mélanges Henri Pirenne (1926), 2:589–96. 1091 deaths Prince-Bishops of Liège Year of birth unknown {{France-bishop-stub