Otbert Of Liège
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Otbert of Liège (died 1119) was
bishop of Liège A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role ...
at the end of the eleventh century (in office 1091–1119). He was a major figure in the financing of 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 Middle Ages. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Muslim conquest ...
, and an expansionist. He was a close supporter of
Emperor Henry IV Henry IV (; 11 November 1050 – 7 August 1106) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 to 1105, King of Germany from 1054 to 1105, King of Italy and Burgundy from 1056 to 1105, and Duke of Bavaria from 1052 to 1054. He was the son of Henry III, Holy ...
, accompanying him on campaigns. In 1096 he took the whole Duchy of
Godfrey of Bouillon Godfrey of Bouillon (; ; ; ; 1060 – 18 July 1100) was a preeminent leader of the First Crusade, and the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1099 to 1100. Although initially reluctant to take the title of king, he agreed to rule as pri ...
as a pledge, for a sum of 1300 marks. He also bought the château de Couvin from
Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut Baldwin II (1056–1098?) was count of Hainaut from 1071 to his death. He was an unsuccessful claimant to the County of Flanders. He disappeared in Anatolia during the First Crusade. Minority Baldwin was the younger son of Count Baldwin VI ...
. At the same time he prevailed in a conflict over the comté de Brugeron, with
Godfrey I of Leuven Godfrey I (, 1060 – 25 January 1139), called the Bearded, the Courageous, or the Great, was the Landgraviate of Brabant, Landgrave of Brabant, Count of Brussels and Leuven (Louvain) from 1095 to his death and Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1106 ...

in French.


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* 1119 deaths Prince-bishops of Liège Year of birth unknown 12th-century Prince-Bishops of Liège {{France-RC-bishop-stub