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Waleran's coat of arms, with a crown and two tails. Waleran III (or Walram III) (c. 1165 – 2 July 1226) was initially lord of Montjoie, then count of Luxembourg from 1214. He became count of Arlon and duke of Limburg on his father's death in 1221. He was the son of Henry III of Limburg and Sophia of Saarbrücken.
1119 [citation needed] –1139: [b] Waleran II (son of, also kept the ducal title his father had been granted as ruler of Lower Lorraine) [1] 1139–1170: Henry II (son of, also count of Arlon) [1] 1170–1221: Henry III (son of, also count of Arlon) [1] 1221–1226: Waleran III (son of, also count of Arlon and Lord of Monjoie) [1]
In 1139, Lothair died and Waleran supported Conrad of Hohenstaufen, who was elected. He remained faithful to the new king until his death shortly thereafter. He was succeeded by Godfrey II of Leuven in Lorraine. Waleran and Jutta's children included: Henry II, Duke of Limburg (d. Rome, Aug 1167), Count of Arlon from 1139 and Duke of Limburg ...
Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick (1153–1204) Waleran III, Duke of Limburg (c. 1165–1226) Walram II, Count of Nassau (died 1276) Waleran IV, Duke of Limburg (died 1279) Galeran of Ivry (fl. 1272–1280) Waleran I, Lord of Ligny (died 1288) Walram, Count of Jülich (died 1297) Walram of Jülich (died 1349), archbishop of Cologne
Waleran III may refer to: Waleran III, Duke of Limburg (1165–1226) Waleran III of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny (1355–1415) This page was last edited on 30 ...
The rise of the Limburg dynasty continued, when Duke Waleran III in 1214 became Count of Luxembourg by marriage with the heiress Ermesinde [4] and his son Henry IV in 1225 became Count of Berg as husband of heiress Irmgard. This shows the two modern provinces called Limburg next to the medieval duchy they are both named after.
Henry III 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 ...
Waleran III, Duke of Limburg, and Count jure uxorious of Durbuy, husband of the previous; Gérard I, Count of Durbuy, son of the previous. The succession from Henry to Waleran is somewhat murky. Childless, Henry designated his brother-in-law Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut, as his heir.