Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg
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Ermesinde I of Luxemburg
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| Countess of Luxembourg | |
| Reign | 1197 – 12 February 1247 |
| Predecessor | Otto I |
| Successor | Henry V |
| Born | July 1186 |
| Died | 12 February 1247 (aged 60–61) |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Theobald I, Count of Bar (m. 1197 - 1214; his death) Waleran III, Duke of Limburg (m. 1214 - 1226; his death) |
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Henry IV, Count of Luxembourg | |
| Mother | Agnes of Guelders |
Ermesinde (July 1186 – 12 February 1247) ruled as the
Count Henry IV
and his second wife Agnes of Guelders.
Succession
Prior to her birth, Ermesinde's aging father, Count
Emperor Henry VI, who then gave it to his brother Otto
.
Rule
Ermesinde was initially betrothed to Count
Baldwin IX of Flanders for renunciation of Luxembourg, thus making Theobald and Ermesinde the count and countess of Luxembourg.[3]
When Theobald died in 1214, Ermesinde married Count
Philip II, but were ultimately unsuccessful. After Waleran's death, Ermesinde ruled Luxembourg alone for two decades. She proved to be an effective administrator, granting charters of freedom to several towns and increasing the prosperity of her country.[1]
Grave
According to legend, Ermesinde
Henry V.[4] After many years, the abbey was destroyed in the late 18th century by French troops. In 1747, shortly before the old abbey was destroyed by French troops, the nuns had hidden Ermesinde's remains in a chapel, where they were found by the Jesuits
during 1875-1877 reconstructions. The remains are now in the crypt of the chapel of Clairefontaine.
Children
The children of Ermesinde and her first husband,
Theobald I of Bar
, were:
- Renaud (died before 1214), Seigneur of Briey
- Elisabeth (died 1262), married Valéran of Limburg, Lord of Monschau
- Margaret (d?), first married Hugh III, Count of Vaudémont (died 1243); later married Henry of Bois, regent of Vaudémont.
The children of Ermesinde and Waleran III, Count of Limburg were:
- Count of Luxembourg[2]
- Gérard I of Durbuy, Count of Durbuy (died 1276)
- Catherine of Limburg (died 1255), wife of Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine
References
- ^ a b Tutton, Thomas. "Rivalries, Battles and the Great Ermesinde", RTL Today, February 28, 2020
- ^ a b c d P. Péporté, Historiography, Collective Memory and Nation-Building in Luxembourg, (Brill, 2011), 109-110. – via Brill (subscription required)
- ^ John A. Gade, Luxemburg in the Middle Ages, (Brill, 1951), 74-75.
- ^ P. Péporté, Historiography, Collective Memory and Nation-Building in Luxembourg, 115.
External links
Media related to Ermesinde of Luxembourg at Wikimedia Commons
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