Waleran, Duke of Lower Lorraine
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| Waleran | |
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| Count of Arlon and Limburg Duke of Lower Lorraine | |
Godfrey VII | |
| Born | c. 1085 |
| Died | 6 August 1139 (aged 54)? |
| Spouse | Jutta von Wassenberg (c. 1087 – 1151) |
| House | House of Limburg |
| Father | Henry, Duke of Lower Lorraine (1101–1106) |
| Mother | Adelheid von Botenstein |
Waleran II (or Walram II) (c. 1085 – 1139), also called Paganus, probably due to a late baptism, was the
King of Germany
in 1125.
Life
Waleran was the son of
Wilderen, near Duras,[2]
but Brabant and Duras subsequently continued to fight until they came to terms three years later. Though Waleran and Godfrey eventually reconciled, Godfrey continued to use the ducal title.
Marriage
Waleran married Jutta von Wassenberg sometime between 1107–10,Godfrey II of Leuven in Lorraine.
Waleran and Jutta's children included:
- Henry II, Duke of Limburg (d. Rome, Aug 1167), Count of Arlon from 1139 and Duke of Limburg from 1140[4]
- Gerhard van Limburg, who married Elizabeth [unknown] and had a child, Gerhard (1148– )
- Beatrix van Limburg (– 12 July, after 1164), who married Rupert I, Count of Laurenburg (d. before 13 May 1154),
- Walram van Limburg (d. 5 Jan 1147)[4]
- a daughter (d. 1150/51) who married Ekbert, Graf von Tecklenburg.
References
- ^ a b Gislebertus (of Mons) 2005, p. 29.
- ^ Bijsterveld 1999, p. 331.
- ^ Gislebertus (of Mons) 2005, p. 31.
- ^ a b Loud & Schenk 2017, p. xxix.
Sources
- Bijsterveld, Arnoud-Jan (1999). "Gift exchange, landed property and eternity. The foundation and endowment of the Promonstratensian priory of Postel (1128/1138-1179)". In Theuws, Frans; Roymans, Nico (eds.). Land and Ancestors: Cultural Dynamics in the Urnfield Period and the Middle Ages in the southern Netherlands. Amsterdamn University Press. pp. 331–348.
- Gislebertus (of Mons) (2005). Chronicle of Hainaut. Translated by Napran, Laura. The Boydell Press.
- Loud, Graham A.; Schenk, Jochen, eds. (2017). The Origins of the German Principalities, 1100-1350: Essays by German Historians. Routledge.
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