Biography of Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg 1165-1226

Paternal Family Tree: Luxemburg

Around 1165 Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg was born to Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 25) and Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg.

In Aug 1167 [his grandfather] Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg (age 56) died. His son [his father] Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 27) succeeded III Duke Limburg.

Before 1190 Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 25) and Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg were married. She the daughter of Frederick Metz I Duke Lorraine (age 46) and Wierzchoslawa Ludmilla Greater Poland Duchess Lorraine. He the son of Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 49) and Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg.

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

Around 1192 [his daughter] Matilda Luxemburg Countess Jülich was born to Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 27) and [his wife] Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg.

In 1195 [his son] Henry Luxemburg IV Duke Limburg was born to Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 30) and [his wife] Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg.

On 14 Aug 1196 Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur (age 84) died. His daughter [his future wife] Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar (age 9) succeeded Countess Luxemburg.

Around 1200 [his son] Waleran Luxemburg was born to Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 35) and [his wife] Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg.

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

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

Before 1215 Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 50) and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar (age 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 Luxemburg I Count Namur and Agnes Guelders Countess Namur and Luxemburg. He the son of Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 74) and Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg.

In 1215 [his daughter] Catherine Luxemburg Duchess Lorraine was born to Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 50) and [his wife] Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar (age 28).

In 1216 [his son] Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur was born to Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 51) and [his wife] Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar (age 29).

In 1221 Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 56) succeeded III Duke Limburg. [his wife] Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar (age 34) by marriage Duchess Limburg.

On 21 Jun 1221 [his father] Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 81) died.

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

On 02 Jul 1226 Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg (age 61) died. His son [his son] Henry Luxemburg IV Duke Limburg (age 31) succeeded IV Duke Limburg, I Count Berg.

On 12 Feb 1247 [his former wife] Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar (age 60) died. Her son [his son] Henry "Great" Luxemburg V Count Luxemburg III Count Namur (age 31) succeeded V Count Luxemburg, III Count Namur.

[his son] Waleran Luxemburg and Elisabeth of Bar were married. She the daughter of Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar. He the son of Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg and Cunigunda Metz Countess Luxemburg. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

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

Theobald of Bar I Count of Bar and Erminsende Namur Countess of Bar were married. She by marriage Countess Bar. The difference in their ages was 26 years. She the daughter of Henry "Blind" Namur IV Count Luxemburg I Count Namur and Agnes Guelders Countess Namur and Luxemburg. He the son of Renauld of Bar II Count of Bar and Agnes Blois. He a great x 2 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

Royal Ancestors of Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg 1165-1226

Kings Wessex: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Royal Descendants of Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg 1165-1226

Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre x 1

Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor x 1

Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress x 1

Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England x 1

Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden x 1

Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France x 1

Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile x 1

King Louis of Naples x 1

Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford x 2

Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England x 2

Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland x 1

Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden x 1

Louis XII King France x 1

Jean III King Navarre x 1

Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile x 1

Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon x 1

Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre x 1

King Francis I of France x 1

Anne Jagiellon Holy Roman Empress x 1

Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England x 1

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland x 9

Antoine King Navarre x 7

Louis VI Elector Palatine x 1

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France x 8

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria x 11

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress x 11

Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine x 3

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor x 3

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain x 3

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress x 1

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia x 3

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia x 3

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal x 10

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia x 11

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain x 1

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor x 1

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor x 1

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor x 8

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia x 8

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland x 3

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway x 3

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England x 3

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark x 6

Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway x 2

Frederick VII King Denmark x 9

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark x 6

King Christian IX of Denmark x 3

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom x 6

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway x 4

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia x 18

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom x 18

Frederick Charles I King Finland x 6

Constantine I King Greece x 1

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark x 10

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain x 18

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden x 18

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark x 18

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh x 19

Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain x 2

Constantine II King Hellenes x 2

Carl XVI King Sweden x 41

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 6

Ancestors of Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg 1165-1226

Great x 1 Grandfather: Waleran "Pagan" Luxemburg Duke Lower Lorraine

Great x 3 Grandfather: Botho Pottenstein

Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide Pottenstein Duchess Lower Lorraine

GrandFather: Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jutta von Wassenberg Wassenburg Duchess Lower Lorraine

Father: Henry Luxemburg III Duke Limburg

GrandMother: Mathilda Saffenburg Duchess Limburg

Waleran Luxemburg III Duke Limburg

Mother: Sophia Saarbrücken Duchess Limburg