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Countess Ermesinde de Luxembourg (of Monshou) 1186 - 13 FEB 1247

Countess Ermesinde was born on 1186 and died on 13 FEB 1247 .
She was the daughter of Henri Iv de Luxembourg (1113 - 1196) and Agnes de Geire (de Luxembourg) (D: AFT 1186).

Countess Ermesinde was married to Duke Waleran Iv of Monshou .

Duke Waleran died on 1226 .
He was the son of Duke Henry Iii of Limburg (ABT 1140 - 1221) and Sophia von Saarbrucken (of Limburg) (B: ABT 1140).
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 ParentsGrand Parents  
Count Godefroi I de Namur (B: ABT 1067)
Henri Iv de Luxembourg (1113 - 1196)
Ermensinde de Luxembourg (de Namur) (ABT 1082 - 1141)
Countess Ermesinde de Luxembourg (of Monshou)
Agnes de Geire (de Luxembourg) (D: AFT 1186)
 


- Ermesinde de Luxembourg - stamp issued Sep 15, 1986 - 800th anniversary of birth.


Son - King Henry V of Luxembourg - Count Henri was born on 1217 in of Luxembourg, Belgium and died on 24 NOV 1281


- Henri was born on 1113 and died on 1196





-- Countess Ermesinde --
ruled Luxembourg from 1196 until 1247.

In 1186, Henri IV was an old man who expected to die without heirs. He had already named
Boudewijn V, Count of Hainaut (and later also of Flanders) as his successor. Then his
daughter Ermesinde was born. He made her his heir instead, and a war of succession broke
out. The outcome was that Ermesinde became Countess of Luxembourg, Durbuy and
Laroche, and Boudewijn V's second son Philipe became Count of Namur. Luxembourg and
Limburg were politically united again through Ermesinde's marriage to 'Duke Walram'.
After Walram's death, Countess Ermesinde ruled Luxembourg alone for another 20 years.

She took over
government duties in 1225 and proved to be an effective leader as she improved the
political and social condition of her subjects. She granted charters or letters of freedom to
several towns including Echternach (1236) and Luxembourg (1244). She died in 1247 after
skillfully expanding the county of Luxembourg to three times its original size.


- Countess Philippine was born on ABT 1252 in of Luxembourg and died on 6 APR 1311 in Valenciennes, Nord, France


Grandson - Count Henri was born on 1252 and died on 5 MAY 1288


- Count Guillaume, III was born on 1280 in Hainault, France and died on 7 JUN 1337 in Valenciennes


Great Grandson - Jean 'the Blind' - Jean was born on 1296 and died on 26 AUG 1346


- Count Godefroi was born on ABT 1067


- Ermensinde was born on ABT 1082 and died on 1141




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