Arnold II, Count of Looz
| Arnold II, Count of Looz | |
|---|---|
Count of Loon | |
| Reign | c. 1135 – 1146 |
| Predecessor | Arnold I, Count of Loon |
| Successor | Louis I, Count of Loon |
| Died | 1146 |
| Spouse | Aleide? |
| Issue | Louis I, Count of Loon Gerard, Count of Rieneck Gottschalk Imagine, Abbess of Susteren Jean de Looz, Seigneur de Ghoer |
| Father | Arnold I, Count of Loon |
| Mother | Agnes von Mainz |
Arnold II (or Arnulf, Arnoul) (died 1146),
Arnold I, Count of Loon, and Agnes von Mainz, daughter of Gerhard I, Count of Rieneck, and Helwig von Bliescastel. He is distinguished from his father of the same name by historians who note records for counts named Arnold or Arnulf between 1179 and 1141. The first Arnold must have died between 1125 when Count Arnold appears in a record with his son also named Arnold, and 1135, when a new Count Arnold appears with his own son and successor Louis.[1]
Between these two dates, in 1129, Gislebert, Count of Duras, sought to seize the property of the
Wilderen
where Gislebert and his allies were defeated, but peace did not return in 1131.
He founded the
Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré that St. Norbert
had created.
Arnold had an outstanding reputation among his contemporaries, frequently being the arbiter in disputes between neighbors. In particular, he succeeded in bringing about a reconciliation between
Lothair II, and King of Germany Conrad III
.
According to a document which is considered spurious by scholars, Arnold married Aleide.[2] Arnold is thought to have had five children:
- Louis I, Count of Loon
- Gerard (d. after 1138), Count of Rieneck
- Gottschalk (d. after 1138)
- Imagine, Abbess of Susteren in 1174
- Jean de Loon, Seigneur de Ghoer, married to Sophie.
Arnold was succeeded as Count of Loon by his son Louis.
Ancestors
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Sources
- ^ See for example Baerten. Verdonk also shows other evidence such as the changed position these two Arnolds took in witness lists, implying things about their ages relative to other known counts in their region.
- Bulletin de la Commission Royale d'Histoire, 82 (1913), pp. 198-99, 207-08 (available for download at Internet Archive).
- Baerten, Jean (1969), Het Graafschap Loon (11de - 14de eeuw) (PDF)
- Biographie nationale de Belgique, vol. 1 (Brussels, 1866) link
- Verdonk, Henk (2005) Graaf Arnold van Loon (eind 11de-begin 12de eeuw): Was er één of waren er twee?; "Tesi samanunga vvas edele unde scona. Liber Amicorum Theo Coun", Limburg – Het Oude Land van Loon 84, pp. 73-81.