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WALERAN, III

WALERAN, III

Male 1165 - 1226  (61 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  WALERAN, IIIWALERAN, III was born in 1165; died on 2 Jul 1226 in Rolduc, Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Royalty & Nobility: Duke of Limburg

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

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


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  BLONDELL, Henry V theBLONDELL, Henry V the Descendancy chart to this point (1.III1) 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. 3. LUXEMBOURG, Waleran I of  Descendancy chart to this point died on 5 Jun 1288.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  LUXEMBOURG, Waleran I ofLUXEMBOURG, Waleran I of Descendancy chart to this point (2.Henry2, 1.III1) 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. 4. LUXEMBOURG, Waleran II of  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1354.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  LUXEMBOURG, Waleran II of Descendancy chart to this point (3.Waleran3, 2.Henry2, 1.III1) died in 1354.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Royalty & Nobility: Lord of Ligny

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

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


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