Henri Limburg

1140 - 1221  (81 years)

• Name	Henri Limburg  [1, 2]
  Birth	1140	Limburg, Belgium   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Jun 1221	Limburg, Netherlands   [1, 2]
  Burial	Rolduc Abbey, Limburg, Netherlands   [2]
  Person ID	I9602	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Henry Limburg,   b. 1111, Moselle, Lorraine, France d. Aug 1167, Roma, Lazio, Italy (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mathilda von Saffenburg,   b. 1110, Luxembourg d. 2 Jan 1145, Limbourg, Liege, Belgium (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1136	Limbourg, Liege, Belgium   [1]
  Family ID	F3495	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sophia von Saarbrucken,   b. 1150, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany d. 1215, Austria (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1170	Lorraine, France   [1]
  Children	1. Duke Waleram Montj,   b. 1180, Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium d. Jul 1226, Netherlands (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1140 - Limburg, Belgium Marriage - 1170 - Lorraine, France Death - 21 Jun 1221 - Limburg, Netherlands  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Places

  Church Window of Henri Limburg Henri Limburg

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Henry of Limburg III 1140-1221. Henry III was the duke of Limburg and count of Arlon from 1165 to his death. He was the son and successor of Henry II and Matilda of Saffenberg. In 1172, he fought against the count of Luxembourg, Henry IV the Blind, and his ally, the count of Hainaut, Baldwin V. The environs of Arlon were devastated and the duke, overcome, had to recompense the count of Luxembourg for the wrongs he had done him. In 1183, he supported the election of Fulmar as archbishop of Trier. This was opposed by the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. Henry had to fight his nephew, Henry I of Brabant in connection with the advocacy of the abbey of Sint-Truiden. The Brabantine duke claimed the advocacy as part of his mother's dowry. An arrangement put an end to the war in 1191 and the duke of Limburg became a vassal of the duke of Brabant. The two dukes collaborated in the internal affairs of the region (Belgium). Henry later supported Otto of Brunswick over Philip of Swabia as German king and imperial claimant. He fought at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93249422/henry_iii-of_limburg