Career
He owed his election to the influence of his relative Godefroid le Bossu, duke of Lower Lorraine, with the Emperor Henry IV
He took part in the Synod of Worms 1076. Pacific, though an imperial supporter in the Investiture Controversy, he built up his diocese by acquisitions (eg of Waremme in 1078, Donceel). Internally he operated as guardian of the Peace of God from 1081, and instituted a court system.
