Count of Arlon Henri II Duke Of LIMBURG

Male 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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As Heinrich 
    Death Aug 1167  Rome Find all individuals with events at this location  [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.
    Person ID I35981  Main Tree

    Father Waleran III Duke Of Lower LORRAINE,   b. Abt 1085, Limburg, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Aug 1139 (Age 54 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Jutta VON WASSENBERG,   b. Abt 1090   d. 24 Jun 1151, Limburg, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Family ID F03768  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Matilda VON SAFFENBURG,   b. Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Jan 1145 
    Marriage 1136  [2
    Children 
     1. Margaret VON LIMBURG,   b. 1139, Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1172 (Age 33 years)  [Birth]
     2. "the Old" Henry III Duke Of LIMBURG,   b. Abt 1140   d. 21 Jun 1221 (Age 81 years)  [Natural]
    Family ID F03836  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Feb 2016 

  • Sources 
    1. [S03483] The Spear and the Spindle: Ancestors of Sir Francis Bryan (d. 1550), Kt.

    2. [S03311] Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty For Commoners - Fourth Edition, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc;;).