ERMESINDE
1186 - 1247 (60 years)Set As Default Person
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Name ERMESINDE, Birth Jul 1186 [1, 2, 3] Gender Female Royalty & Nobility Countess of Luxembourg Death 12 Feb 1247 Patriarch & Matriarch ALBERT, III, b. 1027 d. 22 Jun 1102 (Age 75 years) (Great Grandfather)Person ID I17314 My Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
Father BLIND, Henry the, b. 1113 d. 14 Aug 1196 (Age 83 years) Relationship natural Mother Living Relationship natural Family ID F12772 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family WALERAN, III, b. 1165 d. 2 Jul 1226, Rolduc, Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands (Age 61 years) Children 1. BLONDELL, Henry V the, b. 1216 d. 24 Dec 1281 (Age 65 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F12771 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
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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.
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Sources - [S1801] Wikipedia, Henry V, Count of Luxembourg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V,_Count_of_Luxembourg - [S1801] Wikipedia, Waleran III, Duke of Limburg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waleran_III,_Duke_of_Limburg - [S1801] Wikipedia, Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermesinde,_Countess_of_Luxembourg
- [S1801] Wikipedia, Henry V, Count of Luxembourg.