An old bishop's city on the Moselle bend west of Nancy, with a wine country of its own (the Toulois), ruled by a bishop who is the duke's nephew: Toul is a Lorraine family see in 1200.
Who holds it
- Name
- Matthew of Lorraine
- Title
- Bishop of Toul, lord of the city
- Since
- 1197
- Born
- about 1170
- Family
- Son of Ferry of Bitche; nephew of Duke Simon II
- Confidence
- high
fr.wikipedia Ferry Ier de Lorraine; campaign notes
Lord in 1200
Bishop Matthew of Lorraine (1197-1210; deposed 1210, killed 1217), Ferry of Bitche's son.
How things stand that morning
Bishop's city, Staufen-leaning; the ducal house's see.
Wealth
Wine and toll. No figures.
Military
Walls.
Threats
- A bishop who is more a Lorraine prince than a churchman (he is deposed in 1210).
Charter
No commune charter; the citizens' rights rest on custom under the bishop (not pinned).
Council
Bishop's officers and aldermen; details for 1200 not pinned.
Communities
Cathedral chapter; abbeys of Saint-Evre and Saint-Mansuy.
Walls and castle
City walls; the bishop's castle of Liverdun downstream.
Trade and crafts
Wine of the Toulois, the Moselle crossing on the road from Champagne to Nancy and Metz.
Where the sources disagree
- campaign notes: 'a duke's son'. Matthew is the son of Ferry of Bitche, the reigning duke's brother (see the Lorraine realm record).
Evidence: Bishop attested; town institutions for 1200 not pinned.
On the map: Small district only.
Primary sources for Empire
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.
- Annals of Marbach (compiled to 1238, the section on 1198 to 1210 written in the early 13th century). Alsatian annals on the Staufen side of the Upper Rhine. Read online
- Annals of Reiner of Saint James, Liège, Reiner of Liège (1197 to 1230, kept year by year). Contemporary annals kept inside Liège. Read online
- Chronicle of Burchard of Ursberg, Burchard of Ursberg (about 1229 to 1230, reworked by Conrad of Lichtenau). Written a generation later by a fierce partisan of the Staufen and a critic of Innocent III. Read online
- Chronicle of Otto of St Blasien, Otto of St Blasien (about 1209 to 1210). A Swabian continuation of Otto of Freising written from the Staufen side. Read online
- Chronicle of Reinhardsbrunn; Chronicle of St Peter's, Erfurt (Erfurt chronicle in the 13th century; Reinhardsbrunn compilation about 1340 to 1349 from older annals). The two Thuringian chronicles. Read online
- Chronicle of the Slavs, by Arnold of Lübeck, Arnold of Lübeck (about 1209 to 1210). Arnold continues Helmold and writes from Lübeck, close to Danish, Welf and Baltic affairs. Read online
- Royal Chronicle of Cologne (in stages from about 1175 to about 1250; the section on 1198 to 1220 written soon after the events). The fullest German narrative of the throne war from the Welf and Cologne side. Read online
- Chronicle of Hainaut, Gislebert of Mons (about 1195 to 1196). Ends in 1195, so it has no 1200 entries, but it is the indispensable background for Flanders and Hainaut: the career of Count Baldwin V of Hainaut (VIII of Flanders), his union of the two counties, the settlement with Philip over Artois, the rights, castles, fiefs and vassals of Hainaut listed by a man who ran its chancery, and the youth of Baldwin IX, who held both counties in 1200. Read online
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Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.