BLONDELL, Henry V the

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: count of Arlon from 1226 to his death, lord of Ligny from 1240 to his death, count of Luxembourg and Laroche from 1247 to his death, and the count of Namur between 1256 and 1264
• Name: the Great

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. LUXEMBOURG, Waleran I of died on 5 Jun 1288.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Duke of Limburg

III + ERMESINDE. (daughter of BLIND, Henry the and Living) was born in Jul 1186; died on 12 Feb 1247. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Countess of Luxembourg

Notes:

According to legend, Ermesinde saw the Virgin Mary, and planned the construction on that spot of the Clairefontaine Abbey.[1] In her will she asked that she be buried at this location. The abbey was built by her son, Henry V.[3] After many years, the abbey was destroyed in the late 18th century by French troops. In 1747, shortly before the old abbey was destroyed by French troops, the nuns had hidden Ermesinde's remains in a chapel, where they were found by the Jesuits during 1875-1877 reconstructions. The remains are now in the crypt of the chapel of Clairefontaine.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Henry lost the use of this eyes in 1182
• Royalty & Nobility: Count of Lamur: Count of Luxembourg
• Name: Henry IV of Luxembourg

Notes:

Henry is an important figure in the history of the southern Netherlands and the modern countries of Belgium and Luxembourg. He was especially important to the history of the county of Namur, where he was the last member of the first line of counts, and the most powerful of them. His important inheritances were divided again after his death, bringing Namur and Luxembourg to different families. His daughter, born late in life kept Luxembourg and the smaller Ardennes lordships, while descendants of his sister Alice, counts of Flanders and Hainaut, possessed Namur.

Henry + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Royalty & Nobility: Count of Namur

I + LUXEMBOURG, Ermesinde of. Ermesinde (daughter of CONRAD, I and AQUITAINE, Clementia of) was born in 1080; died on 24 Jun 1143. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]