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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Living

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

    Children:
    1. 2. AQUITAINE, Clementia of  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1048 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 4 Jan 1130.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  AQUITAINE, Clementia of Descendancy chart to this point (1.Living1) was born in 1048 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 4 Jan 1130.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Royalty & Nobility: Count of Luxembourg

    Family/Spouse: CONRAD, I. I (son of LUXEMBOURG, Giselbert of) was born in 1040; died on 8 Aug 1086. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. LUXEMBOURG, Ermesinde of  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1080; died on 24 Jun 1143.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  LUXEMBOURG, Ermesinde of Descendancy chart to this point (2.Clementia2, 1.Living1) was born in 1080; died on 24 Jun 1143.

    Family/Spouse: GODFREY, I. I (son of ALBERT, III and Living) was born in 1080; died on 19 Aug 1139. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. BLIND, Henry the  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1113; died on 14 Aug 1196.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  BLIND, Henry the Descendancy chart to this point (3.Ermesinde3, 2.Clementia2, 1.Living1) was born in 1113; died on 14 Aug 1196.

    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.

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

    Children:
    1. 5. ERMESINDE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jul 1186; died on 12 Feb 1247.


Generation: 5

  1. 5.  ERMESINDE Descendancy chart to this point (4.Henry4, 3.Ermesinde3, 2.Clementia2, 1.Living1) was born in Jul 1186; died on 12 Feb 1247.

    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.

    Family/Spouse: WALERAN, III. III was born in 1165; died on 2 Jul 1226 in Rolduc, Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. BLONDELL, Henry V the  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1216; died on 24 Dec 1281.


Generation: 6

  1. 6.  BLONDELL, Henry V theBLONDELL, Henry V the Descendancy chart to this point (5.5, 4.Henry4, 3.Ermesinde3, 2.Clementia2, 1.Living1) was born in 1216; died on 24 Dec 1281.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 7. LUXEMBOURG, Waleran I of  Descendancy chart to this point died on 5 Jun 1288.


Generation: 7

  1. 7.  LUXEMBOURG, Waleran I ofLUXEMBOURG, Waleran I of Descendancy chart to this point (6.Henry6, 5.5, 4.Henry4, 3.Ermesinde3, 2.Clementia2, 1.Living1) died on 5 Jun 1288.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Royalty & Nobility: Lord of Ligny and La Roche

    Notes:

    He was killed together with his brother Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg in the Battle of Worringen against John I, Duke of Brabant.

    The Battle of Worringen was fought on 5 June 1288 near the town of Worringen (also spelled Woeringen), which is now the northernmost borough of Cologne. It was the decisive battle of the War of the Limburg Succession, fought for the possession of the Duchy of Limburg between Archbishop Siegfried II of Cologne and Duke John I of Brabant, and one of the largest battles in Europe in the Middle Ages.

    Died:
    died in the Battle of Worringen

    Family/Spouse: DE BEAUREVOIR, Jeanne Dame. Jeanne died before Dec 1300. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. LUXEMBOURG, Waleran II of  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1354.


Generation: 8

  1. 8.  LUXEMBOURG, Waleran II of Descendancy chart to this point (7.Waleran7, 6.Henry6, 5.5, 4.Henry4, 3.Ermesinde3, 2.Clementia2, 1.Living1) died in 1354.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Royalty & Nobility: Lord of Ligny

    Family/Spouse: GUYOTTE. died in 1338. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. LUXEMBOURG, John I of  Descendancy chart to this point died on 17 May 1364.


Generation: 9

  1. 9.  LUXEMBOURG, John I of Descendancy chart to this point (8.Waleran8, 7.Waleran7, 6.Henry6, 5.5, 4.Henry4, 3.Ermesinde3, 2.Clementia2, 1.Living1) died on 17 May 1364.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Royalty & Nobility: Lord of Ligny

    John married DAMPIERRE, Alix of in 1330. Alix died in 1346. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. LUXEMBOURG-LIGNY, Guy I of  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1340; died on 23 Aug 1371.


Generation: 10

  1. 10.  LUXEMBOURG-LIGNY, Guy I of Descendancy chart to this point (9.John9, 8.Waleran8, 7.Waleran7, 6.Henry6, 5.5, 4.Henry4, 3.Ermesinde3, 2.Clementia2, 1.Living1) was born in 1340; died on 23 Aug 1371.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Royalty & Nobility: Count of Saint-Pol (1360–1371) and Count of Ligny, Lord of Roussy and Beauvoir (1364–1371)

    Notes:

    Guy participated in the Battle of Baesweiler (present-day Germany), a conflict between his relative Wenceslaus I of Luxembourg, husband of the Duchess of Brabant on the one side, and William II, Duke of Jülich and Edward, Duke of Guelders on the other side.
    The chronicler Jan van Boendale writes in his Brabantsche Yeesten that Guy lay wounded and abandoned on the battlefield, until he was discovered by a scavenger the next day, who killed and robbed him. When this plunderer tried later to sell his booty, he was hanged.

    Family/Spouse: DE CHÂTILLON, Mahaut. Mahaut was born in 1335; died in 1378. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. LUXEMBOURG, John of  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1370; died on 2 Jul 1397 in Italy.


Generation: 11

  1. 11.  LUXEMBOURG, John ofLUXEMBOURG, John of Descendancy chart to this point (10.Guy10, 9.John9, 8.Waleran8, 7.Waleran7, 6.Henry6, 5.5, 4.Henry4, 3.Ermesinde3, 2.Clementia2, 1.Living1) was born in 1370; died on 2 Jul 1397 in Italy.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Royalty & Nobility: Lord of Beauvoir (or Beaurevoir) and Richebourg, Count of Brienne and Conversano

    Family/Spouse: D'ENGHIEN, Marguerite. Marguerite (daughter of ENGHIEN, Louis of and Living) was born in 1365; died after 1394. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. LUXEMBOURG, Peter of  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1390; died on 31 Aug 1433.


Generation: 12

  1. 12.  LUXEMBOURG, Peter of Descendancy chart to this point (11.John11, 10.Guy10, 9.John9, 8.Waleran8, 7.Waleran7, 6.Henry6, 5.5, 4.Henry4, 3.Ermesinde3, 2.Clementia2, 1.Living1) was born in 1390; died on 31 Aug 1433.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Royalty & Nobility: Count of Brienne, Conversano and Saint-Pol

    Notes:

    Died:
    Died of Black Death

    Family/Spouse: BAUX, Margaret of. Margaret (daughter of BAUX, Francis of and Living) was born in 1394; died on 15 Nov 1469. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. LUXEMBOURG, Jacquetta of  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1415; died on 30 May 1472.


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