Luxembourg

Who holds it

Name

Theobald I and Ermesinde

Title

Count and countess of Luxembourg

Since

1197

Born

n/a

Family

See Luxembourg

Confidence

high

See Luxembourg

Lord in 1200

Theobald I and Ermesinde.

Charter

None in 1200 (Ermesinde's charter of 1244).

Council

Comital officers.

Communities

Abbey of Altmunster.

Walls and castle

Comital castle.

Trade and crafts

Road from Metz and Thionville to Trier and the Ardennes.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Standard.

Primary sources for Bar

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• Chronicle of Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Alberic of Trois-Fontaines (about 1227 to 1241, at the Cistercian abbey of Trois-Fontaines in Champagne). The widest net of any Latin chronicle for 1200, compiled from dozens of sources, many now lost. Read online
• Deeds of the archbishops of Trier, continuations (continuations written in the 13th century). The Trier house history for Archbishop John I (1190 to 1212), who held the Moselle between the two kings. Read online