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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]
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, 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) Walram I, Count of Nassau (died 1198) Waleran de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Warwick (1153–1204) Waleran III, Duke of Limburg (c. 1165–1226)
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.
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 ...
When Theobald died in 1214, Ermesinde married Count Waleran III of Limburg (1180–1226), with whom she then ruled Luxembourg. [2] In 1223 Ermesinde and Waleran pressed their claim to Namur against Philip II, but were ultimately unsuccessful. After Waleran's death, Ermesinde ruled Luxembourg alone for two decades.
Henry bestowed it upon his younger son Waleran in 1281, who was killed at the Battle of Worringen in 1288. In 1364, it was elevated to a county by Guy I, and remained in the Luxembourg family and their descendants (with an interruption 1476–1510) until 1719, when it was sold to the Duke of Lorraine by Charles-Francis .