Ansfried of Utrecht

Bishop Ansfried of Utrecht was the sword-bearer for Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor. He was married to Heresuint or Hilsondis. After his wife's death Ansfried wanted to become a monk. However the emperor Otto made him a bishop. Anfried became the bishop of Utrecht (995-1010), today in Netherlands, then a part of the Holy Roman Empire. Before that Ansfried had founded the abbey of Thorn, near the present-day border between Belgium and the Netherlands. In the abbey of Thorn, Ansfried invested his daughter as abbess.