Anderer Ereignisse und Attribute:

• Titel (genauer): Grafschaft Montaigu; Graf von Montaigu
• Militär / Gefecht: 1096 bis 1099, Heiliges Land; Teilnehmer am ersten Kreuzzug

Notizen:

Zitat aus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conon,_Count_of_Montaigu (Sep 2023)

Conon was one of the most prominent lords of the Ardennes, being the count of Montaigu, lord of Rochefort and advocate (defender) of the city of Dinant from 1064.[b] He was also one of the most important vassals of the bishop of Liège, holding the county of Huy from the church.[citation needed] His chief seat was the castle of Montaigu, while the castle at Huy was the redoubt of the bishops.[1]

Succession
Conon first appears in 1055 alongside his father and his brother Rudolf confirming the diploma by which the Emperor Henry III transferred the church of Longlier [fr] to the abbey of Florennes. In 1064, Conon, his father and his brother witnessed the confirmation of the foundation of the priory at Longlier by Duke Frederick of Lower Lorraine.[2]

The Cantatorium of Saint-Hubert, in recording Conon's father's death in 1064, only accords him the title "count of Behogne" and not of Montaigu. It has been hypothesised that the elder Gozelo had already ceded the castle of Montaigu to his eldest son and moved his residence to the more secure and central village of Behogne, where he proceeded to erect the castle later known as Rochefort.[d] Whatever the case, Conon inherited his father's lands and titles after his death. A document dated 1 January 1071 in the archives of the abbey of Waulsort records Conon as count under Duke Godfrey IV and under the Emperor Henry IV.[2]

Lotharingian politics
On 30 August and 1 September 1080, an important regional assembly was held to decide on the construction of a stone bridge over the Meuse at Dinant. As suzerain over the city, Bishop Henry of Liège was present, as was Conon, the lay advocate of the city, and Count Albert III of Namur, who retained some rights in Dinant, including a right to tribute. Isaac, the mayor of Dinant, and Frewald, its provost, were also in attendance. It was necessary to get the permission of Godescalc, abbot of Waulsort, for the construction of a bridge, since it would obviate the need for the ferry, which was operated by the abbey and provided substantial revenues. A deal was struck, and the bridge was built.[2]

Conon was among the barons under the spiritual jurisdiction of the bishop of Liège who assented to the Truce of God (treuga Dei) being proclaimed throughout the diocese in 1082. This was the first time the truce had been proclaimed in the Holy Roman Empire.[e] In 1086, Conon also subscribed to the bishop's charter establishing a permanent tribunal to try high crimes such as abduction, rape, assault, robbery, arson and murder. The 15th-century chronicler Jean de Stavelot, records that Dodon, the count of Laroche, refused to accede to the charter and besieged by the forces of the assenting nobles. After a siege of seven months, the besiegers gave in and recognised the exemption of Laroche from the jurisdiction of the tribunal.[2]

In 1087, Conon was present in Aachen when the Emperor Henry IV took the collegiate church of Saint Servatius in Maastricht under his protection, confirmed its liberties and exempted its provostship from any other ecclesiastical jurisdiction.[2]

When Bishop Henry died in 1091, he was succeeded by Otbert, a man devoted to the cause of Henry IV and the Antipope Clement III against the legitimate pope, Urban II. When Otbert attempted to depose Theoderic II, abbot of Saint-Hubert, and appoint in his place Hildebrand, a monk of Lobbes, Conon led the noble opposition. The legal proceedings as recorded in the Cantatorium present Conon as a confident and unyielding lover of justice.[2]

In 1095, Conon assisted at a judicial duel between champions representing the inhabitants of Olne and the abbey of Stavelot. The men of Olne were renting land at Fraipont from the abbey, and disagreements between the parties had led to violence. Giselbert, champion of the abbey, won the duel.[2]

Crusade
In 1083, Bishop Henry of Liège gave Conon the advocacy of the domain of Nandrin, a possession of the church of Saint Paul of Liège in the county of Montaigu, because it had repeatedly suffered the depredations[f] of the neighbouring count of Clermont [fr]. In 1095, Henry's successor, Bishop Otbert, purchased the county of Clermont from its count, Giselbert, and enfeoffed Conon's son Lambert with it.[1]

Conon participated in the First Crusade, along with his sons Gozelo and Lambert and their erstwhile enemies Giselbert of Clermont and his ally Fredelo. They travelled with the army of Godfrey of Bouillon. Conon's lord, Bishop Otbert, had purchased the castle of Bouillon from Godfrey to finance the latter's crusade. Thirty-four marks for the purchase came from the poor church of Saintes-Marie-et-Perpétue in Dinant. In compensation, Otbert transferred some rents and tolls to the church and apparently persuaded Conon to transfer one of his rents as well.[3]

The army of Godfrey of Bouillon, with Conon's smaller retinue, was one of the first to arrive in Constantinople. There the Byzantine emperor Alexios I and Godfrey had different views of the goals of the crusade, and Godfrey was unwilling to commit to the emperor's demands until the remaining crusaders arrived. He camped outside the city, while Conon, Baldwin of Le Bourg and Godfrey of Esch (Fredelo's son) met with Alexios in the palace.[4] Conon and Baldwin subsequently received Alexios' representative, John Komnenos of Dyrrhachium. Conon's son Gozelo died in the East, but he and his son Lambert continued on to Jerusalem, after they considered their vows fulfilled and returned to Montaigu before the end of the year 1099.[1]

Alberic of Trois-Fontaines and Giles of Orval record the tradition that Conon was returning on a ship with Peter the Hermit and some men of Huy when they encountered a severe storm and vowed to build a church if they survived. The storm immediately subsided, and the promise was kept when Conon and Peter founded the Augustinian canonry of Neufmoustier, dedicated to the Holy Sepulchre and John the Baptist. According to the tradition kept at Neufmoustier, Peter lived there until his death in 1115

Titel (genauer):
The Counts of Montaigu were 12th century nobles of Lower Lotharingia who were closely associated with the Counts of Duras and Clermont. This particular place called Montaigu (Mons Acutus, pointy mountain) was a castle located on the river Ourthe, opposite Marcourt near La Roche in the Ardennes. The castle of Montaigu has been mostly destroyed, but a chapel dedicated to Saint Thibaut still exists upon the mountain on which it was built.
The Counts of Montaigu were also lords of Rochefort. Rochefort is a municipality in Namur, and these holdings passed by inheritance to the Walcourt family, who married into the family of the Counts of Chiny, particularly Louis III.
Zitat aus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counts_of_Montaigu (Sep 2023)

Militär / Gefecht:
Der Erste Kreuzzug war ein christlicher Kriegszug zur Eroberung Palästinas, zu dem Papst Urban II. im Jahre 1095 aufgerufen hatte. Das ursprüngliche Ziel war die Unterstützung des Byzantinischen Reiches gegen Seldschuken. Der Kreuzzug begann 1096 zum einen als bewaffnete Pilgerfahrt von Laien, zum anderen als Zug mehrerer Ritterheere aus Frankreich, Deutschland und Italien. Er endete 1099 mit der Einnahme Jerusalems durch ein Kreuzritterheer.
Zitat aus: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erster_Kreuzzug (Sep 2023)

Conon heiratete Ida von Boulogne in Datum unbekannt. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]

Notizen:

Conon and his wife Ida had four children, in order of birth:
- Gozelo (died 1097), who died in the First Crusade
- Lambert (died 1140 or after), his father's successor as count of Montaigu
- Henry (died 1128 or after), archdeacon and provost of Fosses from 1111
- Theobald (died after 1086)

1. Graf Gozelo II. von Montaigu gestorben in 1097 in Artah.
2. Graf Lambert von Montaigu gestorben am 1140 od nach.

Anderer Ereignisse und Attribute:

• Titel (genauer): Grafschaft Montaigu; Graf von Montaigu
• Titel (genauer): Grafschaft Rochefort (Belgien); Graf von Rochefort
• Militär / Gefecht: 1096 bis 1099, Heiliges Land; Teilnehmer am ersten Kreuzzug

Notizen:

Zitat aus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gozelo_I,_Count_of_Montaigu (Sep 2023)

Count Gozelon (died 1064), was an 11th century count who held the forts Behogne at Rochefort, and Montaigu at Marcourt, which are both in the Ardennes in modern Belgium.[1] He was also advocatus of the abbey of Saint-Barthélémy, Liège, beginning in 1043. Gozelon is the earliest known member of the family of Counts of Montaigu that eventually also became Counts of Duras, by marriage to an heiress. He is of unknown parentage.

The name Gozelon implies a family connection with the House of Verdun, who had several men with this name and a strong presence in the same Ardennes region. Gozlin, Count of the Ardennes, for example, had a grandson Gozelon, Count of Bastogne, the successor to his father Reginar. Another one of Gozlin's grandsons (the son of Godfrey the Captive), was also known as Gozelo, but there is no direct evidence for a relationship.

In 1038, in an act witnessed by Gozelon, Gothelo the Great (Duke of Lorraine), Arnold I of Looz, an unknown count named Sigebold, and the Archbishop of Trier Poppo von Babenberg, restored the monastery of St. Matheus of Trier.

Titel (genauer):
The Counts of Montaigu were 12th century nobles of Lower Lotharingia who were closely associated with the Counts of Duras and Clermont. This particular place called Montaigu (Mons Acutus, pointy mountain) was a castle located on the river Ourthe, opposite Marcourt near La Roche in the Ardennes. The castle of Montaigu has been mostly destroyed, but a chapel dedicated to Saint Thibaut still exists upon the mountain on which it was built.
The Counts of Montaigu were also lords of Rochefort. Rochefort is a municipality in Namur, and these holdings passed by inheritance to the Walcourt family, who married into the family of the Counts of Chiny, particularly Louis III.
Zitat aus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counts_of_Montaigu (Sep 2023)

Titel (genauer):
Rochefort verdankt seinen Namen einer Befestigung (rocha fortis, übersetzt etwa Felsenburg), die von den ersten Herren Rocheforts, der Familie Montaigu, auf einem Felssporn erbaut worden war. Burg und der Ort waren Mittelpunkt einer Seigneurie, die 1494 vom römisch-deutschen König Maximilian I. zu einer Grafschaft erhoben wurde (siehe Grafschaft Rochefort (Famenne)). Diese war ab 1544 im Besitz der Familie zu Stolberg, ehe sie 1574 an das Geschlecht derer von Löwenstein-Wertheim kam.
Zitat aus: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochefort_(Belgien) (Sep 2023)

Militär / Gefecht:
Der Erste Kreuzzug war ein christlicher Kriegszug zur Eroberung Palästinas, zu dem Papst Urban II. im Jahre 1095 aufgerufen hatte. Das ursprüngliche Ziel war die Unterstützung des Byzantinischen Reiches gegen Seldschuken. Der Kreuzzug begann 1096 zum einen als bewaffnete Pilgerfahrt von Laien, zum anderen als Zug mehrerer Ritterheere aus Frankreich, Deutschland und Italien. Er endete 1099 mit der Einnahme Jerusalems durch ein Kreuzritterheer.
Zitat aus: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erster_Kreuzzug (Sep 2023)

Gestorben:
Gozelon died after pillaging Marloie, which was possessed by the abbey of Saint Hubert, the Apostle of the Ardennes.

Begraben:
Gozelon was nevertheless buried at the church of the abbey.

Gozelo heiratete Ermentrud von Grandpré (?) in Datum unbekannt. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]

Notizen:

Name:
Die französische Grafschaft Grandpré mit dem Hauptort Grandpré in den Ardennen existierte vermutlich bereits im 11., sicher Ende des ersten Viertel des 12. Jahrhunderts.
Sie wurde innerhalb der Familie vererbt, bis Louis de Grandpré die Grafschaft 1462 an Quentin le Bouteillier verkaufte, der sie 1467 an Heinrich II. von Borsselen weitergab. Dessen Sohn Wolfhart VI. von Borsselen, Marschall von Frankreich, † 1487, verkaufte Grandpré nach 1485 an Louis de Joyeuse, den Ehemann einer Verwandten seiner Mutter. Die Familie Joyeuse hielt die Grafschaft bis zum Aussterben der Familie in männlicher Linie 1776.
Zitat aus: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafschaft_Grandpré (Sep 2023)

Geburt:
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Nachkommen:
- Conon, Count of Montaigu
- Raoul of Montaigu
- Guy of Montaigu
- Jean of Montaigu (d. before 1112), Provost of Saint Pierre, likely Cathédrale Saint-Pierre d'Angoulême (Angoulême Cathedral)
- Henry of Montaigu (d. 1124 or after), Archdeacon and dean (decant) at Saint Lambert, Liège (1095).

Verheiratet:
Gozelon married Ermentrude (perhaps also known as Ermengarde) de Grandpré.