11819402.
Lord Henri VI of Luxembourg & 11819403. Lady Marguerite of Bar le Duc
1216-17,
Hendrik van Limburg, born in Limburg castle, s/o 23638804. Duke Waleran III
of Limburg & 23638805. Ermensende de Namur.
7/2/1226,
Henri’s father died; Henri’s oldest brother Henri V [same name] the heir.
~1230,
Marguerite born in Bar-le-Duc, France, d/o 23638806. Henri, Comte de
Bar & 23638807. Philippa de Dreux [Capet].
7/1231,
Marriage arranged between: Henricus dominus de Lucemburg, and Margaretam filiam
Henrici comitis Barrensis.
1237,
Heinricus [Henri]… dux in Limburg et comes in Nienbr, et Ermengardis ducissa et
comitissa ibidem[Ermensinde – Henri’s mother] donated property to Vrundenberg
abbey.
6/4/1240,
Henri and Marguerite’s marriage contract finalized; her dowry the seigneurie of
Ligny-en-Barrois.
1242,
Henri’s elder, but not oldest, half-brother Waleran van Limburg died [leaving a
son Waleran, who would become the paternal heir in 1247.]
1243, Henri
put his seal to the charter of the city of Luxemburg along with that of his
mother and his brother Gerard. (S) Luxemburg in the Middle Ages, P81.
5/1/1246,
“Henricus dominus de Luzzelinburg, marchio de Arle” acknowledged a loan from
Konrad Archbishop of Köln.
[––Henri & Marguerite––]
1246, Henri
married Marguerite.
2/17/1247,
Henri succeeded his mother as Henri “the Blonde”.
1256, Henri gave homage to Theobald II of Navarre, as count of
Champagne.
1256, Henri conquered Namur, becoming Henri III, count of Namur.
Baldwin II, Emperor of Constantinople, relinquished his rights to Namur to Guy
de Dampierre.
9/6/1266,
Henri defeated by Guy de Dampierre at Preny near Pont-a-Mousson, captured and
imprisoned.
9/8/1268,
King Louis IX, arbitrating between Henri and Guy, freed Henry and returned
possession of Ligny under suzerainty of the Barrois. Henry and Guy reached
peace by agreeing for Guy to marry Henri’s daughter Isabelle.
1270, Henri
joined King Louis IX on crusade.
7/2/1270,
Louis’ crusader ships left the coast of Provence heading for Tunis.
7/21/1270,
Louis’ crusader fleet arrived in Tunis. After easily taking the port, they
attacked Carthage, 15 miles from Tunis, but did not enter the city.
8/25/1270,
Louis died on the 8th crusade at Carthage. Henri was proposed as the
new leader by Charles I, King of Sicily [brother of Louis IX.]
11/11/1270,
The crusader fleet left to return to France. There was a storm and 40 ships
were lost and they were forced into the port of Trapani. They decided to return
by land rather than risk another storm at sea.
1272-76, Henri was
allied with Jean, Duke of Brabant, against Jean, Bishop of Liège and Guy, Count
of Flanders, in the regional “War of the Cow”.
11/23/1273, Marguerite
died.
[––Henri––]
12/24/1281,
Henri “the Great” died.
(S)
Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.
Family
notes:
·
1237, Rec. of Henri’s older half-brother of the
same name: Heinricus … dux in Limburg et comes in Nienbr, et Ermengardis
ducissa et comitissa ibidem [Henri’s step-mother], donated property to
Vrundenberg abbey, … for the souls of, … patrum et matrum nostrarum … Walrami
et Cunegundis.
·
6/5/1288, Henri’s only 2 legitimate sons and his
oldest “natural” son were all killed at the battle of Worringen against Jean,
Duke of Brabant.
Children
of Henri and Marguerite:
i. Philippa of Luxembourg (5909701), born 1252 in Luxembourg.
[Eldest daughter]
