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Details for de Namur Family

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Berenger I de Namur - was born about 0900 and died in 0946 . Berenger married Symphorienne of Hainault. Symphorienne was born about 0900. She is the daughter of Duke Rainer I de Lorraine and Hersent de Lorraine. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Robert de Namur was born about 0950 and died in 0973 . See #2. below.

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Robert de Namur - was born about 0950 and died in 0973 . He was the son of Berenger I de Namur and Symphorienne of Hainault. Robert married Ermingarde de Lorraine. Ermingarde was born about 0950. She is the daughter of Otto de Lorraine. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Count Albert I de Namur was born about 0975 in Lower Lorraine, France and died in 1011 . See #3. below.

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Count Albert I de Namur - was born about 0975 in Lower Lorraine, France and died in 1011 . He was the son of Robert de Namur and Ermingarde de Lorraine. Count Albert married Princess Ermengarde of France about 0990. Princess Ermengarde was born about 0975 in Lower Lorraine, France. She was the daughter of Prince Charles of France. She died in 1012 . Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Hedwig de Namur was born about 0995 in Namur, Namur, Belgium and died in 1075/1080 . Hedwig married Gerhard II Egisheim. Gerhard was born about 1050 in Egisheim, Haute-Rhine, France. He is the son of Count Heinrich I of Egisheim. See In Nordgau family for children. ii.  Albert II de Namur was born about 0997 and died about 1063 . See #4. below. iii.  Ermengarde de Namur was born about 0960. Ermengarde married Count Otto I of Warcq. Count Otto was born about 0950. He was the son of Albert I "the Pious" de Vermandois and Gelberga de Lorraine. He died in 0986/0987 . See Charlemagne family for children.

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Albert II de Namur - was born about 0997 and died about 1063 . He was the son of Count Albert I de Namur and Princess Ermengarde of France. Albert married Regelindis de Lorraine. Regelindis was born about 1005. She died after 1067 . Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Count Albert III de Namur was born about 1027. See #5. below.

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Count Albert III de Namur - was born about 1027. He is the son of Albert II de Namur and Regelindis de Lorraine. Count Albert married Ide (Relinde) of Saxony. Ide was born about 1045. She was the daughter of Duke Bernard II of Saxony and Eilika Margaravine of Schweinfurt. She died on 31 Jul 1102 . Count Albert - Albert's uncle, Duke Godefroid Iii of Lower-Lorraine, who had no children, had appointed Godefroid of Bouillon, his sister Ida's son, as his heir. When Duke Godefroid was murdered in 1076, Albert III disputed his cousin's succession, himself being a grandson of Gozelon I "The Great", Duke of Lorraine, as well as a great-grandson of Duke Gozelon's sister Bonne of Ardennes, the wife of Charles "The Fat", Duke of Lower-Lorraine. Albert's attempt was eventually unsuccessful. Initially, neither contender won, because he German King Heinrich Iv appointed his own two year-old son Conrad as the new Duke, clearly demonstrating that Lower-Lorraine had lost its significance as a political entity. Eleven years later, in 1087, Godefroid finally did become Duke of Lower-Lorraine, after Conrad had been appointed King of Germany (Conrad VII) by his father Heinrich IV, who had himself been crowned as Emperor in 1084 by the rival Pope Clemens III (Clemens had just been made Pope by Heinrich himself, as the replacement for Heinrich's arch-enemy Pope Gregorius VII.) Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Count Godefroi I de Namur was born about 1067. See #6. below. ii.  Alix was born in 1068 and died on 30 Sep 1124 . Alix married Count Otto II of Chiny. Count Otto was born about 1060. He was the son of Arnulf of Chiny and Adelaide of Montdidier. He died after 1131 . See Charlemagne family for children.

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Count Godefroi I de Namur - was born about 1067. He is the son of Count Albert III de Namur and Ide (Relinde) of Saxony. Count Godefroi married Ermensinde de Luxembourg. Ermensinde was born about 1082. She was the daughter of Count Conrad I de Luxembourg and Cleacutemence de Poitou. She died in 1141 . Ermensinde - became the heiress to Luxembourg after the death of her nephew Conrad II, the son of her brother Guillaume I. She transferred the title to her own son from her second marriage, Henri "The Blind" of Namur. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Henri IV "the Blind" de Luxembourg was born in 1113 and died in 1196 . See #7. below.

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Henri IV "the Blind" de Luxembourg - was born in 1113 and died in 1196 . He was the son of Count Godefroi I de Namur and Ermensinde de Luxembourg. Henri married Agnes de Geire. She died after 1186 . Henri - In 1186, Henri IV was an old man who expected to die without heirs. He had already named Boudewijn V, Count of Hainaut (and later also of Flanders) as his successor. Then his daughter Ermesinde was born. He made her his heir instead, and a war of succession broke out. The outcome was that Ermesinde became Countess of Luxembourg, Durbuy and Laroche, and Boudewijn V's second son Philipe became Count of Namur. Luxembourg and Limburg were politically united again through Ermesinde's marriage to "Duke Walram". After Walram's death, Countess Ermesinde ruled Luxembourg alone for another 20 years. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Countess Ermesinde de Luxembourg was born in 1186 and died on 13 Feb 1247 . Countess Ermesinde married Duke Waleran IV of Monshou. He was the son of Duke Henry III "the Old" of Limburg and Sophia von Saarbrucken. He died in 1226 . Countess Ermesinde - ruled Luxembourg from 1196 until 1247.   In 1186, Henri Iv was an old man who expected to die without heirs. He had already named Boudewijn V, Count of Hainaut (and later also of Flanders) as his successor. Then his daughter Ermesinde was born. He made her his heir instead, and a war of succession broke out. The outcome was that Ermesinde became Countess of Luxembourg, Durbuy and Laroche, and Boudewijn V's second son Philipe became Count of Namur. Luxembourg and Limburg were politically united again through Ermesinde's marriage to "Duke Walram". After Walram's death, Countess Ermesinde ruled Luxembourg alone for another 20 years.   She took over government duties in 1225 and proved to be an effective leader as she improved the political and social condition of her subjects. She granted charters or letters of freedom to several towns including Echternach (1236) and Luxembourg (1244). She died in 1247 after skillfully expanding the county of Luxembourg to three times its original size. See of Arlon family for children.

Countess Ermesinde de Luxembourg Ermesinde de Luxembourg stamp issued Sep 15, 1986 - 800th anniversary of birth.

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