Biography of Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur 1112-1196

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Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur and Agnes Guelders Countess Namur and Luxemburg were married. She by marriage Countess Namur, Countess Luxemburg. She the daughter of Henry I Count Guelders and Agnes Arnstein Countess Guelders. He the son of Godfrey Namur I Count Namur and Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur.

In 1087 [his father] Godfrey Namur I Count Namur (age 19) and Sibylle Chateau Porcéan Countess Namur were married. She by marriage Countess Namur. She the daughter of Roger Chateau Porcéan Count Château Porcéan. He the son of [his grandfather] Albert Namur III Count Namur (age 60) and [his grandmother] Ida Billung Countess Namur.

In 1109 [his father] Godfrey Namur I Count Namur (age 41) and [his mother] Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur (age 29) were married. She by marriage Countess Namur. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Conrad Luxemburg Count Luxemburg and [his grandmother] Clementia Aquitaine Countess Luxemburg (age 61). He the son of [his grandfather] Albert Namur III Count Namur and [his grandmother] Ida Billung Countess Namur.

In 1112 Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur was born to Godfrey Namur I Count Namur (age 44) and Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur (age 32).

In 1136 Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur (age 24) succeeded IV Count Luxemburg.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1139 [his father] Godfrey Namur I Count Namur (age 71) died. His son Henry (age 27) succeeded I Count Namur.

In 1152 Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur (age 40) and Lauretta Metz Countess Namur and Luxemburg were married. She by marriage Countess Namur, Countess Luxemburg. She the daughter of Thierry Count Flanders (age 53) and Swanhilde Countess Flanders. He the son of Godfrey Namur I Count Namur and Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur (age 72). They were second cousin once removed.

In 1163 Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur (age 51) divorced [his wife] Lauretta Metz Countess Namur and Luxemburg.

On 24th June 1183 [his mother] Ermesinde Luxemburg Countess Namur died.

In September 1186 [his daughter] Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar was born to Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur (age 74) and Agnes Guelders Countess Namur and Luxemburg.

On 14th August 1196 Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur (age 84) died. His daughter [his daughter] Erminsende (age 9) succeeded Countess Luxemburg.

Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois and Lauretta Metz Countess Namur and Luxemburg were married. She the daughter of Thierry Count Flanders and Swanhilde Countess Flanders. He the son of Hugh "Great" Capet and Adelaide I Countess Vermandois. They were second cousin twice removed.