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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 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 ...
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 .
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]
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 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.