Waleran III Duke Of Lower LORRAINE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: "Paganus"
• Fact: Count of Arlon, Wassenburg and Limburg
• Fact: 1128, Made Margrave of Antwerp by the anti-king Lothare III

Family/Spouse: Jutta VON WASSENBERG. Jutta (daughter of Gerard I Flaminus Count Of WASSENBURGGUELDERS and Clemence Of POITOU) was born about 1090; died on 24 Jun 1151 in Limburg, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Count of Arlon Henri II Duke Of LIMBURG was born about 1111 in Lorraine, France; died in Aug 1167 in Rome.
2. Beatrix Countess Of LIMBURG was born about 1105 in Wassenberg, Rheinland, Prussia; died after 12 Jul 1164.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Heinrich I, Count von Limburg-Arlon
• Fact: Pfalzgrave of the Rhine and of Lorraine
• Fact: Adherent to the Emperor Henry IV in his quarrel with his son

Notes:

Henry I (c.1059 ? c.1119) was the count of Limburg and Arlon from 1082 to his death and duke of Lower Lorraine between 1101 to 1106. He was the son of Waleran I of Limburg and Jutta, daughter of Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine.

He opposed Egilbert, Archbishop of Trier, and took back some property which the former Countess Adela had given to the church. Egilbert summoned him to return them, but he refused and was excommunicated. Egilbert took up arms and seriously defeated him.

As advocate of the abbey of Saint-Trond, a title he had inherited from his father, he intervened in the internal affairs of the abbey. The abbot Herman, named by Poppo, Bishop of Metz, and supported by Godfrey of Bouillon and Henry, fell out with the Emperor Henry IV and the abbey was transferred to the authority of Arnold, Count of Looz. Arnold forced Henry and Godfrey to withdraw from the monastery.

After many local nobles left on the First Crusade, among them Godfrey, Henry's power in the region of Belgia was greatly increased and he abused it, especially against the monasteries. The emperor intervened and took Limburg in July 1101. Henry was now forced to make submission and he was granted the duchy of Lower Lorraine, which Godfrey had abandoned on Crusade.

As duke, he fell into competition with Godfrey I of Louvain. He demonstrated little in the way of loyalty the emperor either. He joined Henry V against his father the emperor, but then turned back to the emperor's side. This was unfortunate for the duke, for the emperor died in 1106 and the partisans of Henry V attacked those of his father. The fields of Belgia were devastated, Limburg was taken, and Henry was imprisoned in Hildesheim. The duchy was transferred to Godfrey of Louvain.

Henry later escaped and tried to retake Limburg and Lower Lorrain. He failed and made peace with the new emperor and duke. He continued nevertheless to employ the ducal title as "Duke of Limburg," the first of a long line. He also readily joined revolts against Henry V, fighting at the side of Lothair, Duke of Saxony, at the victories of Andernach in 1114 and Welphesholt on 11 February 1115. He was succeeded by his son Waleran.

He married Adelaide of Podenstein (or Pottenstein) (1061 ? 1106), daughter of Boso of Podenstein and Judith of Schweinfurt, daughter of Otto III, Duke of Swabia. They had the aforementioned Waleran and three daughters. He may have been the father of Simon, Constable of Jerusalem after the First Crusade.

Henry married Adelaide VON BOTENSTEIN. Adelaide (daughter of Boto VON BOTENSTEIN and Judith VON SCHWEINFURT) was born about 1059 in Arlon, Luxenbourg, Belgium; died after 13 Aug 1106. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]