"count for life" (comte viager), theoretically subject to the authority of the bishop. These counts were selected from the noble family of Ardennes. There was frequent conflict between the count and the bishop. With the marriage of Philip IV with Joan I of Navarre, the daughter of the Count of Champagne, Lorraine and particularly Verdun become a primary focus for the crown of France. After 1331, appointment to the episcopal see was controlled by the King of France rather than the Emperor. The Bishopric was annexed to France in 1552; this was recognized by the Holy Roman Empire in the Peace of Westphalia of 1648. It then was a part of the province of the Three Bishoprics. List of bishops and prince-bishops Bishops ca. 346: St. Saintin 356–383: St. Maurus ???–420: Salvinus ca. 440: Arator 454–470: Polychronius 470–486: Possessor 486–502: Freminus (Firminus) 502–529: Vitonus 529–554: Desideratus 554–591: Agericus v. 595: Charimeres v. 614: Harimeris ???–621: St. Ermenfred 623–626: Godo 641–648: Paulus 648–665: Gisloald 665–689: Gerebert 689–701: Armonius 701–710: Agrebert 711–715: Bertalamius 716: Abbo 716–722: Pepo 722–730: Volchisus 730–732: Agronius 753–774: Madalveus 774–798: Peter 798–802: Austram 802–824: Heriland 824–847: Hilduin 847–870: Hatto 870–879: Bernard 880–923: Dado 923–925: Hugh I 925–939: Bernuin, son of Matfried I, Count of Metz, and of Lantesinde (sister of Dado) 939–959: Berengar 959–983: Wigfrid 983–984: Hugh II 984–984: Adalbero I, later Bishop of Metz (as Adalbero II). 985–990: Adalbero II, cousin of predecessor. Prince-bishops 990–1024: Haimont (Heymon) 1024–1039: Reginbert 1039–1046: Richard I 1047–1089: Theoderic 1089–1107: Richer 1107–1114: Richard II of Grandpré 1114–1117: Mazo, administrator 1117–1129: Henry I of Blois, deposed at the Council of Chalon (1129) 1129–1131: Ursio 1131–1156: Adalbero III of Chiny 1156–1162: Albert I of Marcey 1163–1171: Richard III of Crisse 1172–1181: Arnulf of Chiny-Verdun 1181–1186: Henry II of Castel 1186–1208: Albert II of Hierges 1208–1216: Robert I of Grandpré 1217–1224: John I of Aspremont 1224–1245: Radulf of Torote 1245–1245: Guy (Wido) I of Traignel 1245–1247: Guy (Wido) II of Mellote 1247–1252: John II of Aachen 1252–1255: James (Jacques) I Pantaléon of Court-Palais 1255–1271: Robert II of Médidan 1271–1273: Ulrich of Sarvay 1275–1278: Gerard of Grandson 1278–1286: Henri of Grandson 1289–1296: James (Jacques) II of Ruvigny 1297–1302: John III of Richericourt 1303–1305: Thomas of Blankenberg 1305–1312: Nicholas I of Neuville 1312–1349: Henry IV of Aspremont 1349–1351: Otto of Poitiers 1352–1361: Hugh III of Bar 1362–1371: John IV of Bourbon-Montperoux 1371–1375: John V of Dampierre-St. Dizier