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Gumprecht II Of Neuenahr
Gumprecht II of Neuenahr ( – 9 March 1484) was a German nobleman. He inherited the County of Limburg via his wife. Background Gumprecht was the son of Gumprecht I of Neuenahr ( – ) and his wife Countess Philippa of County of Loon, Loon-Heinsberg ( – ) Life When his father died in 1430, Gumprecht inherited Alpen, Germany, Alpen, Rösberg, Garsdorf and the office of Hereditary Bailiff of Cologne. In 1435, Gumprecht and his wife Margaret received half the Lordship of Bedburg from her father, Count William I, Count of Limburg-Broich, William I of Limburg-Broich. In 1442, they also received the County of Hagen-Hohenlimburg, Limburg. When William I died in February 1459, Gumprecht and Margaret inherited Hackenbroich and the other half of Bedburg. However, Dietrich VI, Count of Limburg-Broich, Dietrich VI, William II, Count of Limburg-Broich, William II and Henry, Count of Limburg-Broich, Henry. who were grandsons of William I's younger brother Dietrich IV, Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Loon
The County of Loon ( , , ) was a county in the Holy Roman Empire, which corresponded approximately with the Belgian province of Limburg. It was named after the original seat of its count, Loon, which is today called Borgloon. During the middle ages the counts moved their court to a more central position in Kuringen, which is today a part of Hasselt, the modern capital of the region. From its beginnings, Loon was associated with the Prince-bishop of Liège and by 1190 the count had come under the bishop's overlordship. In the fourteenth century the male line ended for a second time, at which point the prince-bishops themselves took over the county directly. Loon approximately represented the Dutch-speaking (archaic ) part of the princedom. All of the Dutch-speaking towns in the Prince-Bishopric, with the status of being so-called "Good Cities" (french: bonnes villes), were in Loon, and are in Belgian Limburg today. These were Beringen, Bilzen, Borgloon, Bree, Hamont, Hassel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
