11th century Year Date Event 1008 Baldrick II succeeds Notger as prince-bishop of Liège 1018 29 July Battle of Vlaardingen: imperial forces commanded by Godfrey II, Duke of Lower Lorraine, and Baldrick II, bishop of Liège, defeated by the army of Dirk III, Count of Holland. Baldrick died after a sudden illness on the journey; Godfrey was captured in the battle. November Wolbodo consecrated bishop of Liège.Herman Vander Linden, "Wolbodon", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 27 (Brussels, 1938), 392–394. 1021 Durandus succeeds Wolbodo as prince-bishop of Liège 1025 Reginard succeeds Durandus as prince-bishop of Liège 1035 30 May Death of Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders; succession of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders 1037 Nithard succeeds Reginard as prince-bishop of Liège 1042 Wazo succeeds Nithard as prince-bishop of Liège  1048 Theodwin succeeds Wazo as prince-bishop of Liège 1049 13 January Forces of Theodwin of Liège defeat forces of Dirk IV, Count of Holland, killing Dirk and restoring imperial authority in the Rhine delta.Philibert Schmitz, "Theoduin", in Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 24 (Brussels, 1929), 757-758.  1060 Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, becomes regent of France  1066 Theodwin of Liège grants city rights to Huy, the oldest such charter to survive from what is now Belgium. 1067 1 September Death of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders; succession of Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders c.1067 Genealogia comitum Flandrensium compiled.Georges Declercq, "Genealogia comitum Flandrensium", in Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle, edited by R. G. Dunphy (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2010), 666–7. 1070 17 July Death of Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders; succession of Arnulf III, Count of Flanders 1071 22 February Battle of Cassel between Robert the Frisian and his nephew, Arnulf III, Count of Flanders. Arnulf was killed in the battle and Robert succeeded him as count. 1074 29 April Pope Gregory VII issues bull of protection for the Abbey of Saint-Hubert.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)", Church History, 87:2 (2018), pp. 399–423. 1075 23 March Pope Gregory VII writes to Theodwin, bishop of Liège, urging him to leave the abbot of Saint-Hubert unmolested. 23 June Death of Theodwin of Liège 1077 28 April Pope Gregory VII issues bull of protection for Watten Abbey. 1081 1 February Traditional date of the first apparition of Our Lady of Tongre. 1087 Godfrey of Bouillon becomes Duke of Lower Lorraine 1093 13 October Death of Robert I, Count of Flanders; succession of Robert II, Count of Flanders 1096 August Godfrey of Bouillon, Duke of Lower Lorraine, sets off as one of the leaders of the First Crusade.Alan V. Murray, The Army of Godfrey of Bouillon, 1096–1099: Structure and dynamics of a contingent on the First Crusade , Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire 70/2 (1992), pp. 301–329. 1100 18 July Death of Godfrey of Bouillon
11th century Year Date Event 1008 Baldrick II succeeds Notger as prince-bishop of Liège 1018 29 July Battle of Vlaardingen: imperial forces commanded by Godfrey II, Duke of Lower Lorraine, and Baldrick II, bishop of Liège, defeated by the army of Dirk III, Count of Holland. Baldrick died after a sudden illness on the journey; Godfrey was captured in the battle. November Wolbodo consecrated bishop of Liège.Herman Vander Linden, "Wolbodon", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 27 (Brussels, 1938), 392–394. 1021 Durandus succeeds Wolbodo as prince-bishop of Liège 1025 Reginard succeeds Durandus as prince-bishop of Liège 1035 30 May Death of Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders; succession of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders 1037 Nithard succeeds Reginard as prince-bishop of Liège 1042 Wazo succeeds Nithard as prince-bishop of Liège 1047 Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, seizes control of the imperial castle at Ename 1048 Theodwin succeeds Wazo as prince-bishop of Liège 1049 13 January Forces of Theodwin of Liège defeat forces of Dirk IV, Count of Holland, killing Dirk and restoring imperial authority in the Rhine delta.Philibert Schmitz, "Theoduin", in Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 24 (Brussels, 1929), 757-758. 1059 Treaty of Andernach ends conflict between Flanders and the Empire, with Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, ceding territory around Valenciennes to Herman, Count of Hainaut, in order to retain undisputed control of Ename. 1060 Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, becomes regent of France 1063 Ename Abbey founded 1066 Theodwin of Liège grants city rights to Huy, the oldest such charter to survive from what is now Belgium. 1067 1 September Death of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders; succession of Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders c.1067 Genealogia comitum Flandrensium compiled.Georges Declercq, "Genealogia comitum Flandrensium", in Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle, edited by R. G. Dunphy (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2010), 666–7. 1070 17 July Death of Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders; succession of Arnulf III, Count of Flanders 1071 22 February Battle of Cassel between Robert the Frisian and his nephew, Arnulf III, Count of Flanders. Arnulf was killed in the battle and Robert succeeded him as count. 1074 29 April Pope Gregory VII issues bull of protection for the Abbey of Saint-Hubert.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)", Church History, 87:2 (2018), pp. 399–423. 1075 23 March Pope Gregory VII writes to Theodwin, bishop of Liège, urging him to leave the abbot of Saint-Hubert unmolested. 23 June Death of Theodwin of Liège 1077 28 April Pope Gregory VII issues bull of protection for Watten Abbey. 1081 1 February Traditional date of the first apparition of Our Lady of Tongre. 1087 Godfrey of Bouillon becomes Duke of Lower Lorraine 1093 13 October Death of Robert I, Count of Flanders; succession of Robert II, Count of Flanders 1096 August Godfrey of Bouillon, Duke of Lower Lorraine, sets off as one of the leaders of the First Crusade.Alan V. Murray, The Army of Godfrey of Bouillon, 1096–1099: Structure and dynamics of a contingent on the First Crusade , Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire 70/2 (1992), pp. 301–329. 1100 18 July Death of Godfrey of Bouillon
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1047 Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, seizes control of the imperial castle at Ename
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1059 Treaty of Andernach ends conflict between Flanders and the Empire, with Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, ceding territory around Valenciennes to Herman, Count of Hainaut, in order to retain undisputed control of Ename.
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1063 Ename Abbey founded