Theobald of Bar (Thibaut of Bar, Thiébaut de Bar) was the third surviving son of

Theobald II of Bar Theobald II (1221– October 1291) was a count of Bar. He was the son of Henry II of Bar and Philippa of Dreux. He became count of Bar when his father was killed during the Barons' Crusade in 1239, but news of Henry's death did not reach hi ...

and Jeanne de Toucy. He was

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from 1302 until his death in 1312, while serving in the retinue of Henri VII of Luxembourg.

Life

In 1296, on the death of Bouchard d'Avesnes,

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, he was one of the candidates in competition with ,

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. In the end Gérard de Rhéninghe was chosen. Adolph of Waldeck, prince-bishop of Liège, died at the end of 1302. Of three candidate,

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was elected. He, however, turned down the position, claiming his background was too humble, and designated Theobald. Theobald's election gained papal approval 13 March 1303; Theobald was then in fact in

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. He allied himself with

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, in 1304. Two years later his relative Henri VII of Luxembourg became

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; Theobald was a close adviser. When Henry went to Rome in 1312 to be consecrated as

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, Theobald accompanied him. There he was attacked and mortally wounded by

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In literature

He was commemorated in a contemporary poem, ''Voeux de l'épervier'',Wolfram, G., et F. Bonnardot, « Les vœux de l'épervier. Kaiser Heinrichs Romfahrt », ''Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für lothringische Geschichte und Altertumskunde = Annuaire de la Société lorraine d'histoire et d'archéologie'', 6, 1894, pp. 177–280.
/ref> recorded in the ''Chroniques de Metz''. He is identified as the dedicatee of the ''

Voeux du paon ''Vows of the Peacock'' () is a poem composed by Jacques de Longuyon between 1312 and 1313 for the Bishop of Liège, Theobald (bishop of Liège), Thiébaut de Bar. The poem describes courtly activities and amusements during truces in a battle. Alte ...

'' by

Jacques de Longuyon Jacques de Longuyon (Old French ''Jaques de Langhion'' or ''Longuion'') was the author of the ''Vows of the Peacock'', a chanson de geste written for Theobald (bishop of Liège), Thibaut de Bar, bishop of Liège, about 1310.Antoine Thomas (linguist ...

in an explicit in one source of this widely copied poem (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale fr.12565).

Family

He was a son of

, and of Jeanne de Toucy.

References

*Georges Poull, ''La Maison souveraine et ducale de Bar''. Nancy: Presses universitaires de Nancy, 1994. {{DEFAULTSORT:Theobald, Bishop of Liege 1312 deaths Prince-bishops of Liège Year of birth unknown 14th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Holy Roman Empire