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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 .
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 Bold.
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]
Henry III (c. 1140 – 21 June 1221) was the duke of Limburg and count of Arlon from 1165 to his death. He was the son and successor of Henry II and Matilda of Saffenberg. [1] In 1172, he fought against the count of Luxembourg, Henry the Blind, and then his ally, the count of Hainaut, Baldwin V. The environs of Arlon were devastated and the ...
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, daughter of Gerard I of Guelders. [1] He succeeded his father in Limburg with the title of duke, but Conrad III refused to grant him Lower Lorraine. He ...
This forced the Duke of Cleves to take armed action against the Of Limburgs on Broich. In a letter dated June 4, 1439, Duke Adolf first complained to the knighthood of the Duchy of Berg, the towns of Rattingen and Düsseldorf, requesting Gerhard of Berg, the new ruler, not to intervene. Then Broich is besieged by Cleves and eventually taken.
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 house of Limburg Hohenlimburg (later Limburg-Hohenlimburg-Broich) took its name in the 12th century from the county of Limburg on the river Lenne in today's Germany.. After Diederick of Isenberg had claimed part of the former property of his father Frederik of Isenberg with the help of uncle Duke Hendrik of Limburg, he built the Hohenlimburg castle on the river Le