Editing Oudenaarde (section)

===The glory of Ename===
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The history of the current municipality of Oudenaarde starts in 974, when [[Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor]] and king of [[Kingdom of Germany|Germany]], built one of its three fortifications on the [[Scheldt]] at Ename to protect his kingdom against possible attacks from [[Francia]] (next to the other frontier post at [[Valenciennes]], later in also the [[Margraviate of Antwerp]]).  Ename grew very fast.  By 1005, the town already had a couple of churches and had become the largest town in the [[Duchy of Lotharingia]].  In 1034, Ename was destroyed by an irregular army that surrendered the city to Count [[Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders|Baldwin IV]]. In 1047, the son of [[Baldwin V, Count of Flanders|Baldwin V]] (peacefully) received the imperial fief from the German emperor. The fief was, however, confiscated in 1047 when the Baldwins rebelled against the German empire. In 1062, Baldwin V, together with his wife, founded the [[Benedictine]] [[Ename Abbey|abbey of Saint Salvator]].  By that time, the former merchants and guild artisans of Ename easily got across the Scheldt to the recently founded city of Oudenaarde.<ref>Van Droogenbroeck, F. J. (2018), [https://www.academia.edu/35663101/ "De markenruil Ename – Valenciennes en de investituur van de graaf van Vlaanderen in de mark Ename"], ''Handelingen van de Geschied- en Oudheidkundige Kring van Oudenaarde'' 55. pp. 47–127.</ref>