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Abt 1111 - 1167 (56 years)
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Name |
Henri II Duke Of LIMBURG [1, 2] |
Title |
Count of Arlon |
Birth |
Abt 1111 |
Lorraine, France [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
Also Known As |
Heinrich |
Death |
Aug 1167 |
Rome [1, 2] |
Notes |
- Excerpt from Wikipedia:
He succeeded his father in Limburg with the title of duke, but Conrad III refused grant him Lower Lorraine. He continued to style himself as duke nevertheless.
Henry refused at first to accept the loss of Lorraine and attacked the new duke, Godfrey VII. He was defeated. Godfrey died in 1142, but Henry was occupied with a war against the lord of Fauquemont and did not assert any claim to the cudhy of Lower Lorraine.
In 1147, he inherited Arlon, his younger brother Waleran having died without children. Conrad confirmed this, for he had promised Henry a fief to compensate for the loss of Lorraine, and the duke and the king were reconciled. Henry did not take part in the Second Crusade that year, however, Henry attended the coronation of Conrad's successor, Frederick Barbarossa.
At that time, Henry was involved in a war with Henry IV of Luxembourg. The town of Andenne was taken and completely plumdered and burned. Then Henry turned to Godfrey VIII, but they soon made peace in 1155.
Henry took part in Barbarossa's Italian campaigns, dying during the epidemic of 1167 at Rome.
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Person ID |
I35981 |
Main Tree |
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Sources |
- [S03483] The Spear and the Spindle: Ancestors of Sir Francis Bryan (d. 1550), Kt.
- [S03311] Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty For Commoners - Fourth Edition, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc;;).
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