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Waleran was the son of Henry, Duke of Lower Lorraine (1101–1106), [1] and Adelaide of Pottenstein (Adelheid von Botenstein). Henry had been forced to yield the duchy to Godfrey I of Leuven on Henry V's succession, but had kept the ducal title.
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.
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.
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 I of Limburg (died 1082) Waleran the Hunter (fl. 1086) Walram (bishop of Naumburg) (r. 1091–1111) Waleran of Le Puiset (died 1126), crusader; Waleran, Duke of Lower Lorraine (c. 1085–1139) Waleran de Beaumont, Earl of Worcester (1104–1166) Waleran (bishop of Rochester) (died 1184) Galeran V de Beaumont, Count of Meulan (died 1191)
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 ...
Waleran (or Walram) II of Arlon (died 1082), supposedly also called Udon of Limburg, was the count of Arlon from AD 1052 and, if he was the same person as Udon, also count of Limburg from 1065 and advocatus of the Abbey of Sint-Truiden. He was the younger son of Waleran I, Count of Arlon, and his wife Adelaide.
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.