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Henry II of Limburg

Male 1111 - 1167  (~ 56 years)


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  • Name Henry II of Limburg 
    Born cir 1111  Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Aug 1167  Rome, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I149038  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2020 

    Father Waleran II of Lower Lorraine,   b. cir 1085, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1139  (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Mother Jutta of Guelders,   b. 1090, Wassenberg, Heinsberg, Koln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1151, Limburg, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Family ID F59583  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Matilda of Saffenberg,   b. cir 1111, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Henry III of Limburg,   b. cir 1140,   d. 21 Jun 1221  (Age ~ 81 years)
     2. Margaret of Limburg,   b. 1145, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F59582  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Henry II (c.1111–August 1167) was the duke of Limburg from 1139 and count of Arlon from 1147 to his death. He was the son of Waleran, Duke of Lower Lorraine, and Jutta of Guelders. He succeeded his father in Limburg with the title of duke, but Conrad III refused grant him Lower Lorraine. He continued to style himself as duke nevertheless.

      Henry refused at first to accept the loss of Lorraine and attacked the new duke, Godfrey VII. 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 Henry IV of Luxembourg. The town of Andenne was taken and completely plundered and burned. Then Henry turned to Godfrey VIII, but they soon made peace in 1155. Henry's daughter Margaret married Godfrey. Henry took part in Barbarossa's Italian campaigns, dying during the epidemic of 1167 at Rome. (Wiipedia)