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Henry I, Count of Vianden

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Henry I
Count Henry I of Vianden
Reign1220–1252
Marquis Henry III of Namur jure uxoris
Reign1229–1237
Bornc. 1190/1210
Died1252
SpouseMargaret, Marchioness of Namur
IssueMatilda
Philip I
Henry I van Vianden
Yolanda of Vianden
Frederic of Vianden
Peter
HouseHouse of Sponheim/Vianden
FatherFrederic III, Count of Vianden
MotherMechthild (Mathilde) of Neuerburg
Heinrich I. Burg Vianden.JPG

Henry I (c.1200–1252) was the hereditary Count of Vianden from 1210 and, through his wife, Marquis of Namur from 1229.

Family background

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Henry was the son of Frederic III, Count of Vianden (de) (c. 1160 - 1210), and Mechthild (Mathilde) of Neuerburg (?), (b.c. 1130/1170 - c. 1200). At least his father married a Mechtild and another son, Frederick I, younger brother of Henry, inherited Neuerburg and married Cecilia of Isenburg, but that dynasty became extinct with the death of Frederick III of Neuerburg in 1332 (de).

Life

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In 1216 Henry married Margaret, Marchioness of Namur, sometimes called "Sibilia" (c. 1194 - 17 July 1270), daughter of Peter II of Courtenay and Yolanda of Flanders. Margaret was the widow of Raoul, lord of Issoudun and thence Lady of Châteauneuf-sur-Cher and Mareuil-en-Berry. Margaret became Marchioness of Namur after the death of her brother Henry II, Marquis of Namur in 1229. Margaret and Henry ruled Namur (apparently as Henry III of Namur) until 1237 when they had to transfer Namur to Margaret's brother, emperor Baldwin II of Courtenay. Henry and Margaret continued ruling Vianden. Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (1216 – 1281), maternal grandson of Henry IV, Count of Luxembourg (Henry I of Namur), invaded Namur and ruled it 1256-1264 as Henry IV (or III). Baldwin sold Namur in c. 1263 to his cousin Guy of Dampierre, count of Flanders and Henry IV was removed by military force but they made peace with family marriage.

After Henry's death in 1252, Margaret entered a convent in Marienthal.

Issue

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Henry and Margaret had the following children:

Ancestry

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ McDaniel 1984, p. 43.
  2. ^ McDaniel 1986, p. 196.

Sources

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  • McDaniel, Gordon L. (1984). "On Hungarian-Serbian Relations in the Thirteenth Century: John Angelos and Queen Jelena" (PDF). Ungarn-Jahrbuch. 12 (1982-1983): München, 1984: 43–50.
  • McDaniel, Gordon L. (1986). "The House of Anjou and Serbia". Louis the Great: King of Hungary and Poland. Boulder: East European Monographs. pp. 191–200. ISBN 9780880330879.
Preceded by Marquis of Namur
jure uxoris

1229–1237
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Frederic III
Counts of Vianden
1220–1252
Succeeded by
Philip I