Theodwin (Latin ''Dietwinus'') was

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from 1048 to 1075.

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, "Theoduin", in ''

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vol. 24
(Brussels, 1929), 757-758.

Life

Originally from Bavaria, Theodwin was named by Henry III to succeed Wazo as

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. In 1049 he led the imperial victory over Dirk IV of

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. In 1050-1051 he wrote to

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encouraging him to take firm action against

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. In 1066, Theodwin ceded city rights to

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, the oldest such charter to survive from what is now Belgium. On 23 March 1075

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wrote to him reproachfully about the lax clerical discipline in his diocese, urging him to leave the

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unmolested. Brigitte Meijns, "Papal Bulls as Instruments of Reform: the Reception of the Protection Bulls of Gregory VII in the Dioceses of Liège and Thérouanne (1074–1077)", ''

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'', 87:2 (2018), pp. 399–423. Theodwin died on 23 June 1075 and was buried in the collegiate church at Huy, which he had built, consecrated and endowed with fifteen prebends.

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