Hartbert

Hartbert van Bierum (died 12 November 1150) was a

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Utrecht Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ...

from 1139 to 1150. Hartbert, or Heribert, in several translations, was consecrated as bishop on 24 July 1139. During his rule, a rebellion occurred in the city of

Groningen Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of ...

. After the bishop had put down the rebellion, he made an agreement with the city in which the city was not allowed to build a wall around itself - an agreement which was not kept for long. The bishop loaned the

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of Groningen to his brother Ludolf, and his younger brother Leffart was given the castle of

Coevorden Coevorden (; ; ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Drenthe, in the east of Netherlands, the Netherlands. During the ...

in the south-east of

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, which held control over the only road through the Bourtangerbog from Drenthe to

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. This

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formed the basis of the eventual loss of Drenthe for the Bishopric of Utrecht. 1150 deaths 12th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Holy Roman Empire Prince-bishops of Utrecht Year of birth unknown {{Netherlands-reli-bio-stub