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15th century depiction of Louis and Ada's wedding. Louis II was count of Loon from 1191 to 1218. He was the son of Gerard, Count of Looz, and Adelaide of Gelderland, daughter of Henry I, Count of Guelders, and Agnes of Arnstein, daughter of Louis III of Arnstein. He also claimed to be the legitimate Count of Holland during the Loon War (1203 ...
Count Gerard (or Gerhard) of Loon (died 1191), was son and successor of Louis I, Count of Loon, and Agnes of Metz. He was count of Loon (in modern Belgium ) and of Rieneck (in Germany ). Because of a widespread misunderstanding concerning a document from 1101, some generations earlier, he is sometimes wrongly referred to as the second Gerard in ...
The Meulemans pigeons from the old line were now supplemented with pigeons from Karel Schellekens, Marien Pieterse, Georges Bolle and Van Gils. This "new" places Karel Meulemans pigeons early 90s back on the map with victories including Bourges, Montargis, Melun, Argenton and Limoges. A pigeon exchanges Leo Broeckx also showed a bull's eye. The ...
The Saxon Colour pigeons are a group of Saxon breeds of fancy pigeons developed over many years of selective breeding. [1] Saxon Colour pigeons, along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons , are all descendants from the rock pigeon ( Columba livia ).
Lofy Hopes, a pigeon-focused animal rescue group based in Las Vegas, has been vocal on the mystery, noting that it appears as though the tiny hats had been glued to the birds' heads.
The counties of Rieneck and Loon were re-united eventually under Gerard of Rieneck's son Louis III of Loon, but he then divided them again, giving Loon to his brother Arnold IV. By marriage, Count Arnold IV acquired the French-speaking County of Chiny in 1227, and brought the main line of the counts of Loon to the high point of its territorial ...
Louis married Agnes of Metz, the daughter of Folmar V, Count of Metz, and Matilda of Dagsburg. Based upon her ancestry, Louis was able to successfully lay claim to Kolmont and Bilzen. [3] [4] Agnes commissioned Hendrik van Veldeke to write his "Life of Saint Servatius". [5] Louis I served as burgrave of Metz from 1159 to 1162.
Louis III, Count of Looz (died 15 May 1243), also known as Ludwig (Latin Lodevicus) was Count of Loon and of Rieneck. He was the son of Gerard, Count of Rieneck (died 1216), and Cunegonde von Zimmern, who was in turn the son of another Count Gerard who was also count of both Rieneck and Loon (died 1191).