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Ermesinde de Luxembourg et deNamur

1186-1247
Born: Namur, Belgium, Netherlands
Died: Limburg, Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Germany

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    Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg<div>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<div>Jump to: navigation, search</div><!-- start content --><p><strong>Ermesinde of Luxembourg</strong> (also known as <em><strong>Ermesinde of Namur</strong></em>) (1186 - <span><span>February 12</span>, 1247</span>) was the Countess of Luxembourg, Laroche and Durbuy between 1197 and 1247. She was the only child of Henry IV, Count of Luxembourg and Namur, and his second wife Agnes of Guelders.</p><p>Prior to her birth, her aging father Henry IV had designated Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut as his likely successor. However, when Ermesinde was born in 1186 and Henry IV named her as his heir, a war of succession inevitably took place. At its end, it was decided that Baldwin would have Namur, Ermesinde would have Durbuy and La Roche, and that Luxembourg would revert to the Holy Roman Empire (Emperor Henry VI then gave the fief to his brother Otto of Burgundy).</p><p>Ermesinde was initially betrothed to Henry II of Champagne, but the engagement was cancelled in 1189. Instead her first husband was Theobald I of Bar (1158-1214). He successfully negotiated with Otto I, Count of Burgundy for the latter&#39;s renunciation of Luxembourg, thus making Theobald and Ermesinde the Count and Countess of Luxembourg. When Theobald died in 1214, Ermesinde married Waleran III of Limburg (1180-1226), who would rule as the Count of Luxembourg. In 1223 Ermesinde and Waleran pressed their claim to Namur against Margrave Philip II, but were ultimately unsuccessful.</p><p>After Walram&#39;s death, Ermesinde ruled Luxembourg alone for two decades. She proved to be an effective administrator, granting charters of freedom to several towns and increasing the prosperity of her country.</p><p></p><span>[edit]</span> <span>Children</span><p>The children of Ermesinde and her first husband Theobald I of Bar were:</p><ul><li>Renaud (died before 1214), Seigneur of Briey </li><li>Elisabeth (d.1262), married Val&eacute;ran of Limburg, Lord of Monschau </li><li>Marguerite (d?), first married Hugh III, Count of Vaud&eacute;mont(d.1243); later married Henry of Bois, regent of Vaud&eacute;mont. </li></ul><p>The children of Ermesinde and Waleran III of Limburg were:</p><ul><li>Henry V of Luxembourg (1216 - 1281), Count of Luxembourg </li><li>G&eacute;rard I of Durbuy, Count of Durbuy (d. 1276) </li><li>Catherine of Limburg (d.1255), wife of Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine </li></ul><p></p><span>[edit]</span> <span>External links</span><ul><li>Ermesinde de Luxembourg&#39;s French Wikipedia page </li><li>ERMENSENDE de Namur </li><li>Namur Family Genealogy </li></ul><div> <em>This biographical article on a member of the Luxembourgian nobility is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it</em>.</div><div>&nbsp;<em>&nbsp;This biography of a European noble is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it</em>.</div>Preceded&nbsp;by<br><strong>Otto I of Burgundy</strong><strong>Countess of Luxembourg<br>with Theobald I of Bar<br>then Waleran III of Limburg</strong><br>1197 - 1247Succeeded&nbsp;by<br><strong>Henry V of Luxembourg</strong><!-- NewPP limit report Preprocessor node count: 128/1000000 Post-expand include size: 1693/2048000 bytes Template argument size: 235/2048000 bytes Expensive parser function count: 0/500 --><!-- Saved in parser cache with key enwiki:pcache:idhash:17408355-0!1!0!default!!en!2 and timestamp 20090801201325 --><div>Retrieved from &quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermesinde,_Countess_of_Luxembourg&quot;</div><div><div>Categories: <span>Medieval women</span> | <span>House of Namur</span> | <span>Counts of Luxembourg</span> | <span>Female regents</span> | <span>1186 births</span> | <span>1247 deaths</span> | <span>European nobility stubs</span> | <span>Luxembourgian people stubs</span></div></div></div>

  • Story: Ermesinda Of Luxemburg #1229

    Ermesinde of Luxembourg <div><strong>Ermesinde of Luxembourg</strong> (also known as <em><strong>Ermesinde of Namur</strong></em>) (1186 - February 12, 1247) was the Countess of Luxembourg, Laroche and Durbuy between 1197 and 1247. She was the only child of Henry IV, Count of Luxembourg and Namur, and his second wife Agnes of Guelders. <p>Prior to her birth, her aging father Henry IV had designated Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut as his likely successor. However, when Ermesinde was born in 1186 and Henry IV named her as his heir, a war of succession inevitably took place. At its end, it was decided that Baldwin would have Namur, Ermesinde would have Durbuy and La Roche, and that Luxembourg would revert to the Holy Roman Empire (Emperor Henry VI then gave the fief to his brother Otto of Burgundy).</p><p>Ermesinde was initially betrothed to Henry II of Champagne, but the engagement was cancelled in 1189. Instead her first husband was Theobald I of Bar (1158-1214). He successfully negotiated with Otto I, Count of Burgundy for the latter&#39;s renunciation of Luxembourg, thus making Theobald and Ermesinde the Count and Countess of Luxembourg. When Theobald died in 1214, Ermesinde married Waleran III of Limburg (1180-1226), who would rule as the Count of Luxembourg. In 1223 Ermesinde and Waleran pressed their claim to Namur against Margrave Philip II, but were ultimately unsuccessful.</p><p>After Walram&#39;s death, Ermesinde ruled Luxembourg alone for two decades. She proved to be an effective administrator, granting charters of freedom to several towns and increasing the prosperity of her country.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><span>Children</span> <p>The children of Ermesinde and her first husband Theobald I of Bar were:</p><ul><li>Renaud (died before 1214), Seigneur of Briey </li><li>Elisabeth (d.1262), married Val&eacute;ran of Limburg, Lord of Monschau </li><li>Marguerite (d?), first married Hugh III, Count of Vaud&eacute;mont(d.1243); later married Henry of Bois, regent of Vaud&eacute;mont. </li></ul><p>The children of Ermesinde and Waleran III of Limburg were:</p><ul><li>Henry V of Luxembourg (1216 - 1281), Count of Luxembourg </li><li>G&eacute;rard I of Durbuy, Count of Durbuy (d. 1276) </li><li>Catherine of Limburg (d.1255), wife of Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine </li></ul></div>

 
 
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