Henry III. (Limburg)

Henry III. (* around 1140; † June 21, 1221 in Klosterrath ) was Duke of Limburg and Count of Arlon from 1165 until his death. He was the son of Duke Heinrich II and Matilde von Saffenberg . In 1172 he fought against Henry IV , Count of Luxembourg, and his allies Baldwin V , Count of Hainaut , with the area around Arlon being devastated. In 1183 he supported the election of Folmar von Kardens as Archbishop of Trier and stood against Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa .

Heinrich took part in the Third Crusade with his son Walram . They traveled independently of the main army of Emperor Barbarossa and joined Richard the Lionheart's army in the Holy Land .

For the Bailiwick of Sint-Truiden he had to assert himself against his nephew Heinrich I , Duke of Brabant , who claimed the office as part of his mother's trousseau. The war ended in 1191, with the Duke of Limburg becoming a vassal of the Duke of Brabant. To the investiture in the diocese of Liège is Henry III. got into a quarrel with Count Baldwin V of Hainaut , by whom he was defeated and captured on August 1, 1194 with his eldest son in the battle of Noville .

In the last years of his life, Heinrich III supported. Otto von Braunschweig against Philipp von Schwaben in the fight for the German crown. In 1214 he took part in the Battle of Bouvines .

progeny

His first marriage was around 1165 with Sophia von Saarbrücken (around 1149; † after 1215), daughter of Simon I , Count of Saarbrücken , and Mathilde von Sponheim.

Your children were:

• Heinrich IV. (* Around 1165; † 1214), ext. 1178, 1178–1215 Mr. von Wassenberg
• Walram IV (* around 1168; † July 2, 1226), 1221 Duke of Limburg , Lord of Monschau
• Friedrich († IV. 1211 / V.1212) Lord of Lummen
• Gerhard II († 1225), Lord of Wassenberg
• Simon (1178; † 1195), 1193–1195 Elect von Lüttich , 1195 cardinal
• Judith († 1202), ⚭ Goswin IV. Von Valkenburg († 1217) (see Herrschaft Heinsberg )
• Macharius, attested in 1214
• Isabella († 1221), ⚭ Dietrich , Herr von Heinsberg and Valkenburg (1192; † 1227)

Before 1189 he married the second marriage, Adelheid von Henneberg († around 1198), daughter of Poppo VI., Count von Henneberg , Burgrave of Würzburg. This marriage remained childless.

literature

• Simon Pierre Ernst: Limbourg. Volume 3, Liège, 1839, pp. 360-363 ( digitized version ).
• Heinrich Neu :  Heinrich III .. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 367 ( digitized version ).
• Detlev Schwennicke : European Family Tables Volume I.2 (1999) Plate 229.
• Tobias Weller : The marriage policy of the German nobility in the 12th century. (= Rheinisches Archiv. Vol. 149). Böhlau, Cologne et al. 2004, ISBN 3-412-11104-X .

Web link

• Family of Henry III. at the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

predecessor	Office	successor
Henry II	Duke of Limburg 1167–1221	Walram IV.