Waleran Luxembourg III Duke Limburg 1165-1226

Around 1165 Waleran Luxembourg III Duke Limburg was born to Henry Luxembourg III Duke Limburg [aged 25] and Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg.

In August 1167 [his grandfather] Henry Luxembourg II Duke Limburg [aged 56] died. His son Henry [aged 27] succeeded III Duke Limburg.

Before 1190 Waleran Luxembourg III Duke Limburg [aged 24] and Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg were married. She the daughter of Frederick Metz I Duke Lorraine [aged 46] and Wierzchoslawa Ludmilla Greater Poland Duchess Lorraine. He the son of Henry Luxembourg III Duke Limburg [aged 49] and Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg.

Around 1190 [his daughter] Sophie Luxembourg was born to Waleran Luxembourg III Duke Limburg [aged 25] and [his wife] Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg.

Around 1192 [his daughter] Matilda Luxembourg Countess Jülich was born to Waleran Luxembourg III Duke Limburg [aged 27] and [his wife] Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg. She married 1210 William Jülich III Count Jülich, son of William Jülich II Count Jülich, and had issue.

In 1195 [his son] Henry Luxembourg IV Duke Limburg was born to Waleran Luxembourg III Duke Limburg [aged 30] and [his wife] Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg. He married Irmgard Berg Duchess Limburg, daughter of Adolph Berg Count Berg, and had issue.

In 1195 Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar [aged 35] and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar [aged 8] were married. She by marriage Countess Bar. The difference in their ages was 26 years. She the daughter of Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxembourg I Count Namur [aged 83] and Agnes Guelders Countess Namur and Luxemburg. He the son of Renauld of Bar II Count of Bar and Agnes Blois Countess of Bar. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

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

Around 1200 [his son] Waleran Luxembourg was born to Waleran Luxembourg III Duke Limburg [aged 35] and [his wife] Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg. He married his fourth cousin twice removed Elisabeth of Bar, daughter of Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar.

Around 1210 [his son-in-law] William Jülich III Count Jülich and Matilda Luxembourg Countess Jülich [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Countess Jülich. She the daughter of Waleran Luxembourg III Duke Limburg [aged 45] and Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg. He the son of William Jülich II Count Jülich.

In 1214 Waleran Luxembourg III Duke Limburg [aged 49] succeeded III Count Luxemburg. [his wife] Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg by marriage Countess Luxemburg.

Before 1215 Waleran Luxembourg III Duke Limburg [aged 49] and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Countess Luxemburg. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxembourg I Count Namur and Agnes Guelders Countess Namur and Luxemburg. He the son of Henry Luxembourg III Duke Limburg [aged 74] and Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg.

In 1215 [his daughter] Catherine Luxembourg Duchess Lorraine was born to Waleran Luxembourg III Duke Limburg [aged 50] and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar [aged 28]. She married 1225 her fourth cousin twice removed Matthias Metz II Duke Lorraine, son of Frederick Metz II Duke Lorraine and Agnes of Bar Duchess Lorraine, and had issue.

In 1216 [his son] Henry "Great" Luxembourg V Count Luxembourg III Count Namur was born to Waleran Luxembourg III Duke Limburg [aged 51] and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar [aged 29]. He married 1240 his second cousin twice removed Margaret of Bar Countess Luxembourg and Namur, daughter of Henry of Bar II Count of Bar and Philippa Capet Countess of Bar, and had issue.

In 1221 Waleran Luxembourg III Duke Limburg [aged 56] succeeded III Duke Limburg. Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar [aged 34] by marriage Duchess Limburg.

On 21st June 1221 [his father] Henry Luxembourg III Duke Limburg [aged 81] died.

In 1225 [his son-in-law] Matthias Metz II Duke Lorraine [aged 32] and Catherine Luxembourg Duchess Lorraine [aged 10] were married. She by marriage Duchess Lorraine. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of Waleran Luxembourg III Duke Limburg [aged 60] and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar [aged 38]. He the son of Frederick Metz II Duke Lorraine and Agnes of Bar Duchess Lorraine. They were fourth cousin twice removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 2nd July 1226 Waleran Luxembourg III Duke Limburg [aged 61] died. His son Henry [aged 31] succeeded IV Duke Limburg, I Count Berg.

On 12th February 1247 Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar [aged 60] died. Her son Henry [aged 31] succeeded V Count Luxemburg, III Count Namur.

[his father] Henry Luxembourg III Duke Limburg and [his mother] Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg were married. She by marriage Duchess Limburg. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Luxembourg II Duke Limburg and [his grandmother] Mathilda Saffenburg Duchess Limburg.