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The title "duke of Limburg" was nevertheless revived after the foundation of the new Duchy of Limburg as a result of the Treaty of London in 1839. According to this treaty the new duchy (without the cities of Maastricht and Venlo), was joined to the German Confederation.
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 ...
In 1221, he inherited Limburg. In 1223, he again tried to take Namur from the Margrave Philip II.He failed and signed a peace treaty on 13 February in Dinant.He then took part in various imperial diets and accompanied the Emperor Frederick II into Italy.
The duke of Brabant's army broke and ran. [3] Henry later supported Otto of Brunswick over Philip of Swabia as king of Germany and imperial claimant. He fought at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214 for Otto of Brunswick, while his son Waleran sided with King Philip II of France .
The Seven Weeks' War between Austria and Prussia in 1866 led to the collapse of the German Confederation. To clarify the position of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Duchy of Limburg, which were possessions of the Dutch king but also member states of the Confederation, the Second Treaty of London in 1867 affirmed that Limburg was an "integral part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands", while ...
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.
The House of Limburg (in German: Haus Limbourg) was a dynasty which can be traced back in the male line as far as Henry, count of Limburg, whose mother Jutta was heiress of Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine in the House of Ardenne–Luxembourg.
The brothers Willem I and Diederik IV of Limburg-Hohenlimburg Broich succeed their deceased father. Willem I of Gullick, duke of Berg and Ravensberg returns the county of Limburg with the lordship of Broich back as fief of the Duchy of Berg. Also an peace agreement was made with the Cologne Archbishop on March 29, 1402. [12]