Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture Volume 7 Issue 3 1-26 5-1-2021 The Lothar Crystal as a Relic of Saint Eligius Mats Dijkdrent MPhil student in art history at the University of Cambridge (Pembroke College) Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.kenyon.edu/perejournal Part of the Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture Commons Recommended Citation Dijkdrent, Mats. "The Lothar Crystal as a Relic of Saint Eligius." Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture 7, 3 (2021): 1-26. https://digital.kenyon.edu/perejournal/vol7/iss3/1 This Feature Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Art History at Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture by an authorized editor of Digital Kenyon: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Dijkdrent ____________________PEREGRINATIONS_______________ JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE VOLUME VII, NUMBER 3 (SPRING 2021) The Lothar Crystal as a Relic of Saint Eligius MATS DIJKDRENT MPhil student in art history at the University of Cambridge (Pembroke College).1 The 855 marriage between Lothar II, King of Lotharingia, and Theutberga (c. 840-875), daughter of Count Boso of Arles, turned out to be a disaster. Lothar was unfaithful to Theutberga, who remained childless, whilst he had four children with his mistress Waldrada. Lothar tried to divorce Theutberga so that he could produce a legitimate heir with Waldrada, accusing Theutberga of incest with her brother. In response, Lothar’s bishops of Trier and Cologne annulled the marriage in 857, but the disgraced Theutberga tried to regain her honor by pleading her case before Pope Nicholas I.