Waleran I, Lord of Ligny

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Waleran I, Lord of Ligny
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Battle of Worringen
Lord of Ligny and La Roche
Reign1281–1288
Predecessor Henry I
Successor Henry II
Died(1288-06-05)5 June 1288
SpouseJeanne of Beaurevoir
Issue Henry II of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny
Waleran II of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny
Philipotte of Luxembourg
Elisabeth of Luxembourg
Marguerite of Luxembourg
Marie of Luxembourg
House Luxembourg
Father Henry V of Luxembourg-Ligny
Mother Margaret of Bar

Waleran I of Luxembourg (died 5 June 1288 in the Battle of Worringen [1] ) was Lord of Ligny and La Roche around 1281.

Waleran was the second son of Henry V, Count of Luxembourg and Margaret of Bar. [2] While is older brother Henry VI became Count of Luxembourg like their father, Waleran was the forefather and founder of what became the French branch of the House of Luxembourg, the so-called house of Luxembourg-Ligny. [3] [4]

Waleran married Jeanne, Dame de Beaurevoir, [5] and had:

Waleran was killed together with his brother Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg in the Battle of Worringen against John I, Duke of Brabant. His eldest son, Henry II of Ligny, succeeded him.

Waleran of Luxembourg is one of the protagonists in Le Tournoi de Chauvency by trouvère Jacques Bretel.

References

  1. Jean Hocsemius, "Lutzilburgensis comes...Waleranus...frater eius, et frater Coloniensis archiepiscopi"
  2. Hoensch 2000, p. 348.
  3. Gesta Baldewini de Luczenburch
  4. Du Chesne (1631), Luxembourg, Preuves
  5. 1 2 3 Hoensch 2000, p. 352.

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Preceded by Count of Ligny
1281–1288
Succeeded by