Renaut I of Bar
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Reginald I was Count of Bar (1105–1149). Barrois
Barrois
Barrois is a "pays" in the eastern part of France. In the Middle Ages it was part of the duchy of Bar, then bordering the duchy of Lorraine. Today Barrois is a "pays" of the present-day Région Lorraine.-External links:*...

, during the Middle Ages
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, was the territory of the counts and dukes of Bar, in the eastern part of present-day France
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, bordering Lorraine
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The Duchy of Upper Lorraine was an historical duchy roughly corresponding with the present-day northeastern Lorraine region of France, including parts of modern Luxembourg and Germany. The main cities were Metz, Verdun, and the historic capital Nancy....

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He was the son of Thierry de Mousson and Ermentrude of Bourgogne, the daughter of William I the Great, Count of Burgundy.

Reginald was one of the leaders of the Second Crusade
Second Crusade
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 in 1145. He was drowned somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea on his return voyage to Europe on or before 10 March 1149.

Reginald I of Bar succeeded Theodoric II of Bar (r. 1092–1105) and was succeeded by Reginald II of Bar (r. 1150–1170) in 1150.

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