House of Limburg
The House of Limburg (in German: Haus Limbourg) was a dynasty which can be traced back in the male line as far as Henry, count of Limburg, whose mother Jutta was heiress of Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine in the House of Ardenne–Luxembourg. Henry was also related to the counts of Arlon. Waleran I was probably his father-in-law rather than his father.[1]
By marriage, the family acquired:
- The county of Luxemburg in 1214, which then passed to a younger branch, the House of Luxemburg.
- The county of Berg in 1218.
In 1288, the family lost the duchy of Limburg, which was conquered by John I, duke of Brabant. The elder branch, holding the county of Berg, died out in 1348. The younger branch of Luxembourg acceded to the Empire.[2]
Genealogy of the House of Limburg
[edit]| Frederick duke of Lower Lorraine, 1st count of Limburg, from the 1st House of Luxembourg (see also House of Luxembourg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Udo Count of Limburg | Jutta daughter of Frederick | Waleran I of Arlon († 1082) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry duke of Lower Lorraine, 2nd count of Limburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Waleran 'Paganus' duke of Lower Lorraine, 3rd count of Limburg | Simon constable of Jerusalem | Conrad I count of Luxembourg House of Ardennes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry II duke of Limburg | Godfey I count of Namur House of Namur | Ermesinde (House of Ardenne) countess of Luxembοurg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry III duke of Limburg | Henry IV count of Luxembourg, count of Namur | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ∞ 1.Cunigunda of Lorraine | Waleran III duke of Limburg | ∞ 2.Ermesinde (House of Namur) countess of Luxembourg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1) Henry IV duke of Limburg ∞ Irmgard countess of Berg | (2) Henry V count of Luxemburg branch of Luxemburg | (2) Gerard I count of Durbuy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Waleran IV duke of Limburg | Adolf VII count of Berg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reginald I of Guelders defeated at Battle of Woeringen 1288 | Ermengarde of Limburg no children | Adolf VIII count of Berg sold his claim to Brabant | William I count of Berg | Henry lord of Windeck | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adolf IX count of Berg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gallery
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Coat-of-arms of count of Limburg, 1208 -
Coat-of-arms of Waleran III (the crown indicates the claim to Namur), 1214 -
coat-of-arms of Waleran III as count of Limburg and Luxemburg (this is indicated by the two tails), in 1221 -
Counts of Limburg and Berg (lion with two overlapping tails)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Sources
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- Gislebertus (of Mons) (2005). Chronicle of Hainaut. Translated by Napran, Laura. The Boydell Press.
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- Wisplinghoff, E.,Zur Reihenfolge der lothringischen Pfalzgrafen am Ende des 11. Jahrhunderts, in Rheinische Vierteljahrsblätter 28 (1963) pp. 290–293.
- Bleicher, W. Contributions in Hohenlimburgher Heimatblätter fűr den Raum Hagen und Isenlohn. Beiträge zur Landeskunde. Monatsschrift des Vereins fűr Orts- und Heimatkunde Hohenlimburg e.V. Drűck Geldsetzer und Schäfer Gmbh. Iserlohn
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- Bernhardt, John W. (2002). Itinerant Kingshiop & Royal Monasteries in Early Medieval Germany ,c.936-1075. Cambridge University Press.
- Alfred Noss: Die Münzen von Berg und Jülich-Berg. Band I. Hrsg. Stadt Düsseldorf, Verlag Kress und Hornung, München 1929, S. 2.