Balderic of Utrecht

Balderich (* 897 in Oldenzaal, † December 27 975 ) was bishop of Utrecht from the Counts in Hainaut, son of Count Rich Fried, cousin of the Duke of Lorraine and Count Giselbert Reginar II in Hainaut.

The one born in the county Twenthe that belonged to the house owned by his father Balderich seems to have gained early in Utrecht diocese. Anyway, he took because of his family connections as well as his personality, early a prominent position among the great ones of the kingdom a. King Henry I gave him its about 4 - year-old son Brun for education, and through this he was also to Emperor Otto I always in close relationships. He was one of the Lorraine gentlemen, the 953 in the fight against Ottos were his sons by the king's side, and at various princely days his presence is mentioned. In Cologne he was 965 when there Otto met for the first time after his imperial coronation of his mother again.

His diocese he brought suffered by the Normans devastation caused by caring and strong management again to blossom. The local school flourished under him a high reputation. At his death he bequeathed Oldenzaal with a part of the county Twenthe his pen. He was a long revered as a saint.