Jacques de Hemricourt
Jacques de Hemricourt (1333–1403) was a 14th-century mayor of Liège and chronicler of the nobility of Hesbaye.
Life
[edit]Hemricourt, the son of Gilles de Hemricourt and Ida d'Abbé, in 1360 succeeded his father as clerk to the aldermen of Liège.[1] He continued in office until 1383. In 1381 Arnold of Horne, Prince-Bishop of Liège, appointed him to his privy council, and in 1389 he was elected mayor of Liège. In 1397, after being widowed for the second time, he became a knight of St John of Jerusalem.
He died in Liège on 18 December 1403.
Writings
[edit]Hemricourt was the author of the heraldic and genealogical chronicle Miroir des nobles de Hesbaye ("Mirror of the Nobles of Hesbaye"), running to the year 1398,[2] as well as an account of the 38-year feud (1297—1335) between the lineages of Awans and Waroux, Le Traité des Guerres d'Awans et de Waroux, and a treatise on the political institutions of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, Le Patron de la Temporalité. His works were not widely known or circulated during his lifetime.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Alfred Journez, "Hemricourt (Jacques de)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 9 (Brussels, 1887), 35-43.
- ^ L'Historiographie en Belgique, exhibition catalogue (Brussels, 1935), p. 22.
- ^ E. Poncelet, "Introduction", Oeuvres de Jacques de Hemricourt, vol. 3 (Brussels, 1931), p. iv.
External links
[edit]- Oeuvres de Jacques de Hemricourt (3 vols., Brussels, 1910—1931)
- Volume 1, Le Miroir des nobles de Hesbaye, edited by C. de Borman with A. Bayot, (Brussels, 1910)
- Volume 2, Le Miroir des nobles de Hesbaye: Codex diplomaticus — Tableaux généalogiques, edited by C. de Borman and E. Poncelet (Brussels, 1925)
- Volume 3, Le Traité des Guerres d'Awans et de Waroux. Le Patron de la Temporalité, edited by A. Bayot, introduction and notes by E. Poncelet (Brussels, 1931)
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