Opening group historical part
Horsemen with Bruges pennants and girls dressed in the Bruges city colours announce the historical part of the procession.
Count Thierry of Alsace and his entourage
Count Thierry of Alsace brings the relic of the Holy Blood with him from the Holy Land in 1150. The count is accompanied by his wife Sibylla of Anjou and abbot Leonius of the Abbey of Saint Bertinus in Saint Omer. They are followed by the count’s son, Philip of Alsace and his wife Mathilde of Portugal.
