Henry II, Duke of Limburg

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Henry II, Duke of Limburg
Bornc. 1111
DiedAugust 1167
Noble familyHouse of Limburg
Spouse(s)Mathilde of Saffenberg
Lauretta of Flanders
IssueHenry III
Margaret
FatherWaleran, Duke of Lower Lorraine
MotherJutta of Guelders

Henry II (c. 1111 – August 1167) was the

Gerard I of Guelders.[1] He succeeded his father in Limburg with the title of duke, but Conrad III
refused to grant him Lower Lorraine. He continued to style himself as duke nevertheless.

Life

Henry refused at first to accept the loss of Lorraine and in 1140 attacked the new duke,

Godfrey VII.[2] 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 duchy 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

Godfrey III of Leuven, but they soon made peace in 1155. Henry's daughter Margaret would later marry Godfrey III.[1]

Henry took part in Barbarossa's Italian campaigns, dying during the epidemic of 1167 at Rome.

Marriage and children

Henry married Mathilda, daughter of Adolf I von Saffenberg,[3] and they had:

References

  1. ^ a b c d Loud & Schenk 2017, p. xxix.
  2. ^ Knodler 2010, p. 178.
  3. ^ Bijsterveld 2007, p. 150.

Sources

  • Bijsterveld, Arnoud-Jan (2007). Do Ut Des: Gift Giving, Memoria, and Conflict Management in the Medieval Low Countries. Verloren.
  • Loud, Graham A.; Schenk, Jochen, eds. (2017). The Origins of the German Principalities, 1100-1350: Essays by German Historians. Routledge.
  • Knodler, Julia (2010). "Germany: Feuds among German Princes (1125-1151)". In Rogers, Clifford J. (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology. Vol. 2. Oxford University Press.
Henry II, Duke of Limburg
House of Ardennes-Verdun
Born: c. 1111 Died: August 1167
Preceded by
Duke of Limburg

1139–1167 		Succeeded by
Henry III
Preceded by
Waleran III
 Count of Arlon
1147–1167


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