The Duchy of Lower Lorraine encompassed part of modern-day Belgium and the Netherlands. It was closely tied to the Duchy of Upper Lorraine and the County of Boulogne. It was a major sponsor in the First Crusade, providing a remarkable portion of its participant knights. Godfrey of Bouillon, the duke (or titular duke) later became the first King of Jerusalem (although he actually took the title "Defender of the Holy Sepulchre") - his cousin's family founded the more permanent dynasty there. Lower Lorraine (Lothier) was a duchy, part of the former Carolingian Kingdom of Lotharingia, that was created in 959 by Bruno I, Archbishop of Cologne, who divided the territory that had been the northern part of Lotharingia, which he had been assigned by his brother Otto I, in two duchies. ... The Duchy of Lorraine was an independent state for most of the period of time between 843 to 1739. ... Boulogne-sur-Mer became the centre of the County of Boulogne in the 9th century. ... The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II to regain control of the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Christian Holy Land from Muslims. ... Godfrey of Bouillon (c. ... Official language Latin, French, Italian, and other western languages; Greek and Arabic also widely spoken Capital Jerusalem, later Acre Constitution Various laws, so-called Assizes of Jerusalem The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a French kingdom established in the Levant in 1099 by the First Crusade. ... Main Entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, called Church of the Resurrection (Anastasis) by Eastern Christians, is a Christian church now within the walled Old City of Jerusalem. ...

Dukes of Lower Lorraine

Note that the numbering of the dukes often varies between sources.

• Godfrey (?, possibly 959-964)
• Richar (964-972)
• Charles (976-991)
• Otto (991-1012)
• Godfrey I (1012-1023)
• Gothelo I (1023-1044)
• Gothelo II (1044-1046)
• Frederick of Luxembourg (1046-1065)
• Godfrey II (1065-1069)
• Godfrey III (1069-1076)
• Conrad (1076-1087)
• Godfrey of Bouillon (1087-1100), apparently at that time, lands dispersed and only a rump remained in hands of dukes
• Henry of Limburg (1101-1106)
• Godfrey of Louvain (1106-1140)

passed to the Duke of Brabant

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County of Bouillon

Within Lower Lorraine was the County of Bouillon; its counts were often simultaneously Dukes of Lower Lorraine. When the last Godfrey went on the First Crusade in 1096, he sold the County to the Bishop of Liège in order to finance the crusade. Relief map displayed in the city. ... The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II to regain control of the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Christian Holy Land from Muslims. ... Events Bernhard becomes Bishop of Brandenburg First documented teaching at the University of Oxford Beginning of the Peoples Crusade, the German Crusade, and the First Crusade Vital I Michele is Doge of Venice Peter I, King of Aragon, conquers Huesca Phayao, now a province of Thailand, is founded as... The Bishopric of Liège or Prince-Bishopric of Liège was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in present Belgium. ...

Counts of Bouillon

• Godfrey (?, possibly (959-964)
• Godfrey I (1012-1023)
• Gothelo (1023-1044)
• Gothelo II (1044-1046)
• Godfrey II (1046-1069)
• Godfrey III (1069-1076)
• Godfrey IV (1076-1096)

passed to the Bishopric of Liège