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Thereafter, the dukes of Limburg were one of several claimant lines of heirs to the title of the old duke of Lower Lorraine. Their title was eventually inherited by their competitors, the dukes of Brabant, and became part of the large collection of titles of the Burgundian Netherlands , eventually passing to the Hapsburgs .
Waleran was the son and successor of Henry IV and Ermengarde, countess of Berg. [1]He played a great part in the politics of the Great Interregnum in Germany.He left the Hohenstaufen fold and supported William II of Holland as king.
The duke of Brabant won the final Battle of Worringen in 1288, thereby gaining control of the Duchy of Limburg with the consent of King Rudolph I of Germany. Though it shared the fate of Brabant, Limburg remained a separate Imperial State , which in 1404 passed from Joanna of Brabant to Anthony of Valois , son of the Burgundian duke Philip the ...
He carried on an adventurous youth and took part in the Third Crusade in 1192. [1] In 1208, the imperial candidate Philip of Swabia died and Waleran, his erstwhile supporter, turned to his opponent, Otto of Brunswick. In 1212, he accompanied his first cousin Henry I, Duke of Brabant, to Liège, then in a war with Guelders.
Henry IV (1195 – 25 February 1247) was the duke of Limburg and count of Berg from 1226 to his death. He was the son of Waleran III, count of Luxembourg and duke of Limburg, [1] and Cunigunda, daughter of Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine.
Waleran I of Limburg; Waleran III, Duke of Limburg; Waleran IV, Duke of Limburg; Waleran, Duke of Lower Lorraine; William I of the Netherlands; William II of the Netherlands; William III of the Netherlands
duke of Limburg: Henry IV count of Luxembourg, count of Namur: ∞ 1.Cunigunda of Lorraine: Waleran III duke of Limburg: ∞ 2.Ermesinde (House of Namur) countess of Luxembourg (1) Henry IV duke of Limburg ∞ Irmgard countess of Berg (2) Henry V count of Luxemburg branch of Luxemburg (2) Gerard I count of Durbuy: Waleran IV duke of Limburg ...
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]