Andries or Andreas van Cuijk (ca. 1070 – 23 June 1139) was a

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from 1128 to 1139. Andries descended from a well-known family from the ''Sticht'', the name for the central lands of the Bishopric of Utrecht. Andries was the second son of Herman of Malsen and Irmgard of Namur. He was the first bishop of Utrecht since the

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in 1122, where the

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between the emperor and the pope over the right to appoint bishops was decided in favour of the pope. Andries was naturally allied to the papal party. In 1133, Andries became involved in a war with Dirk VI, Count of Holland, who was supported by the city of

and several servants of the bishop. Dirk was granted the Gaue of

Westergo Westergoa was one of the Seven Sealands and one of the three that now lie within the borders of today's Dutch province of Friesland. Later it was one of the three goaen of Frisia. In the Middle Ages Westergoa most probably formed the political ...

and

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. These lands had previously been confiscated by

Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor Henry V (; probably 11 August 1081 or 1086 – 23 May 1125) was King of Germany (from 1099 to 1125) and Holy Roman Emperor (from 1111 to 1125), as the fourth and last ruler of the Salian dynasty. He was made co-ruler by his father, Henry IV, i ...

from Andries' predecessor, bishop Burchard.

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