Waleran III of Limburg

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Waleran's coat of arms, with a crown and two tails.

Waleran III (or Walram III) (c.1165 – 2 July 1226) was initially Lord of Montjoie, then Count of Luxembourg and Count of Arlon from 1214. He became Duke of Limburg on his father's death in 1221. He was the son of Henry III of Limburg and Sophia of Saarbrücken.

Military campaigns

As a younger son, he did not expect to inherit. He carried on an adventurous youth and took part in the Third Crusade in 1192.[1] In 1208, the imperial candidate Philip of Swabia died and Waleran, his erstwhile supporter, turned to his opponent, Otto of Brunswick. In 1212, he accompanied his first cousin Henry I, Duke of Brabant, to Liège, then in a war with Guelders. Waleran's first wife, Cunigunda, a daughter of Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine, died in 1214, and in May, he married Ermesinde of Luxembourg[2] and became count jure uxoris there.

Reign

In 1221, he inherited Limburg. Two years later, he again tried to take Namur from the MargravePhilip II. He failed and signed a peace treaty on 13 February 1223 in Dinant. He then took part in various imperial diets and accompanied the Emperor Frederick II into Italy. Returning from there, he died in Rolduc.

Family and children

Waleran married as his first wife, Cunigunda of Lorraine,[3] daughter of Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine. Later he married, Ermesinde of Luxembourg.[3]

Children with Cunigunda of Lorraine:

  1. Sophie (c. 1190 – 1226/27), married c. 1210 Frederick of Isenberg
  2. Matilda (c. 1192 – aft. 1234), married c. 1210 William III, Count of Jülich, mother of William IV, Count of Jülich
  3. Henry IV, Duke of Limburg, married Irmgard of Berg, heiress of the County of Berg, a daughter of the count Adolf VI[3]
  4. Waleran (c. 1200 – 1242), married Elisabeth of Bar, daughter of Ermesinde of Luxembourg and Theobald I, Count of Bar

Children with Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg:

  1. تزوجت كاثرين من ليمبورغ (حوالي 1215 - 1255) من ماتياس الثاني، دوق لورين ، [ 4 ] ابن أخت زوجة واليران الأولى
  2. تزوج هنري الخامس، كونت لوكسمبورغ، من مارغريت من بار [ 3 ]
  3. جيرهارد ، كونت دوربوي [ 4 ]

مراجع

مصادر

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