Arnold V, Count of Looz

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Arnold V de Looz, (died August 22, 1327) was Count of Loon from 1279 to 1323 and Count of Chiny (Arnulf III) from 1299 to 1310. He was the son of John I, Count of Looz and Mathilde Jülich.

County of Loon countship

The County of Loon was a province of the ancien regime Holy Roman Empire, which by 1190 came under the overlordship of the Prince-bishop of Liège. It lay north of Liège and west of the Maas river in present-day Flemish-speaking Belgium. Loon's first definite count was brother to a bishop of Liège, and over generations the county grew and then came under direct control of the bishops, as their largest Dutch-speaking secular lordship. Once it reached its maximum extent its territory corresponded closely to that of the current Belgian province of Limburg.

The Counts of Chiny were part of the nobility of Lotharingia that ruled from the 9th to the 14th century in what is now part of Belgium. The County of Chiny was created in the early 10th century out of the ancient county of Ivois. The county now forms part of the province of Luxembourg in present-day Belgium. The county of Chiny included the present-day cantons of Virton, Etalle, Florenville, Neufchâteau, Montmédy and Carignan, as well as the castles of Warcq on the Meuse, which was built in 971 by Otto, ancestor of the later Counts of Chiny. There is a close relationship between the Counts of Chiny and the Counts of Looz, the Counts of Verdun and the Bishops of Verdun.

John I (Jean), Count of Looz and Count of Chiny, eldest son of Arnold IV, Count of Looz and Chiny, and Jeanne, Countess of Chiny. He succeeded his father in 1272 or 1273, as the Count of Looz and Chiny. Virtually nothing is known about his reign.

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Biography

He helped Richardis Gelderland, his widow maternal grandfather, Henri, Count of Luxembourg and Renaud I, Count of Gelderland, fight Siegfried von Westerburg, archbishop of Cologne. Taken prisoner, he had to pay a ransom to be freed.

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He was forced to deal with Isabelle de Conde, widow of his father in 1281 and had to assign a dower, and give Warcq, Agimont and Givet to his half-brothers John and Jacquemin. In turn, they give up their rights to the county of Loon. This is the only condition that the parents of Marguerite one hand, and his uncle Nicolas II de Conde on the other hand, consent to marriage.

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Adolph II von der Mark was the Prince-Bishop of Liège from 1313 until his death in 1344.

In 1299, death without his uncle's son Louis V, he inherited Chiny (is this uncle who organized in 1285 the famous Tournament Chauvency, Jacques Bretel celebrated).

In 1312, the death of the bishop of Liege Bar Thiebaut prompted him to return to Liege, but faces revolt of the bourgeoisie. The principality was ravaged and saw the excommunication of the count. [3]

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He competed at the famous peace of Fexhe, signed June 18, 1316, which establishes the sharing of power between the prince, the clergy, the nobility and the cities of the principality of Liège and its capital, Liège. It was formal and legal recognition of the division of government between the prince and the country.

Both in Liege and in Brabant he supported the nobility and opposed the common revolts. [4]

Towards the end of his reign, he gradually withdrew its counties. In 1313, he sold the County of Chiny to his son Louis, then in 1323 the county of Loon.

He died August 22, 1327 and is buried at the Abbey of Averbode. [5]

Marriage and family

He married June 21, 1280 Marguerite Vianden († 1316), Lady of Perwez and Grimbergen, daughter of Philip I, Count of Vianden, and Marie de Louvain, and had:

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Henry, Count of Looz and Count of Duras, son of Gérard II, Count of Looz, and Adelaide of Gelderland, daughter of Henry I, Count of Guelders, and Agnes of Arnstein, daughter of Louis III of Arnstein.

John II ,, Lord of Jülich, Heinsberg and Löwenberg, son of Godfrey de Heinsberg, Count of Looz, and Philippa of Jülich, daughter of William V, Duke of Jülich, and Joanna of Hainaut. Although John was the first son of Godfrey, he did not inherit the countship of Looz, the title instead going to Arnold of Rumingy.

References

  1. ↑ J.-J. Thonissen, "Arnoul V", Biographie Nationale de Belgique , vol. 1 (Brussels, 1866), 455-464.
  2. ↑ Francquen, Charles Joseph de (1826-01-01). Recueil historique, généalogique, chronologique et nobiliaire des maisons et familles illustres et nobles du royaume: précédé de La généalogie historique de la maison royale des Pays-Bas, Nassau-Orange (in French). Imprimerie de Demanet.
  3. ↑ J-J. Thonissen, « Arnoul IV », Académie royale de Belgique, , vol. 1, Bruxelles, 1866 détail des éditions, p. 451-455
  4. ↑ Biographie nationale: (A-Z); 28 (Table générale); 29-44 (Suppl. 1-16) (in French). Thiry-Van Buggenhoudt. 1866-01-01.
  5. ↑ Utilisateur, Super. "Principautés belges au Moyen âge - Les comtes de Looz". www.histoire-des-belges.be. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  6. ↑ Beucher, Joël. "Arnoul V de Looz - Histoire de l'Europe". www.histoireeurope.fr. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
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