 The relationships between the counts of Huy and how the countship may have been passed along by hereditary right have been studied by Donald C. Jackman.At some point during the reign of Otto I (c. 980), the bishop of Liège was granted the regalian rights of collecting the market tolls and minting coin.Shortly after 975, Ansfrid, the standard-bearer of King Otto I of Germany, was rewarded by Otto II with the county of Huy.