The title ‘Count of Luxembourg’ was first mentioned in 1123, in the charter founding Münster Abbey. This document provides a starting point for exploring the first half of the 12th century, a pivotal period in the country's history.
In the autumn of 1123, Count William of Luxembourg refounded Münster Abbey during a grand ceremony attended by numerous witnesses. The project, launched by his father Conrad fifty years earlier, had been cut short by the latter's premature death during the First Crusade.

While in 963 the Bock rock was just one of Sigefroid's many possessions, from this moment onwards we see the first elements that would give rise, a few decades later, to a real town.
At the level of the Holy Roman Empire, the temporary end of the conflict between the Pope and the Emperor saw the emergence of new powers and led to major upheavals in which William, a count who had been unjustly overlooked until then, played an active role.
Starting from the local base of countly power, the exhibition also aims to place the county of Luxembourg in a transnational perspective, with a selection of objects from European institutions and museums illustrating the unexpected links forged by the first Luxembourg dynasty not only throughout the region, but also as far afield as Saxony and Aquitaine.

Image : (c) ANLux, SHL-Abt01-1 n° 18, Charte du comte Guillaume confirmant la fondation de l’abbaye de Münster, 1123 (détail)

Date

9 October > 11 July 2027