Arnold II (or Arnulf, Arnoul) (died 1146),
Count of Loon
The County of Loon ( , ) was a county in the Holy Roman Empire, which corresponded approximately with the modern Belgian province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg. It was named after the original seat of its count, Loon, which is today called Borgloo ...
, son of
Arnold I, Count of Loon
Arnold I (b. about 1045 – d. about 1130), Count of Loon (Looz) from about 1079, son of Emmo, Count of Loon, and Suanhildis, daughter of Dirk III, Count of Holland, and his wife Othelandis.
He was an ally of Henry of Verdun and Otbert, both ...
, and Agnes von Mainz, daughter of Gerhard I,
Count of Rieneck, and Helwig von Bliescastel. He is distinguished from his father of the same name by historians who note records for counts named Arnold or Arnulf between 1179 and 1141. The first Arnold must have died between 1125 when Count Arnold appears in a record with his son also named Arnold, and 1135, when a new Count Arnold appears with his own son and successor Louis.
Between these two dates, in 1129, Gislebert, Count of Duras, sought to seize the property of the
Abbey of Sint-Truiden. (Giselbert was a cousin, the grandson of his namesake
Giselbert, Count of Loon.) A war developed between Giselbert and the supporters of the abbot Radulphe, whose allies included Count Arnold of Loon (Arnold I and/or II), Théoger, Bishop of Metz,
Alexander I of Jülich, Bishop of Liege, and
Waleran II, Duke of Lower Lorraine. Gislebert's supporters included his brother-in-law
Godfrey the Bearded, Count of Louvain, and
Thierry of Alsace, Count of Flanders. The decisive battle took place on 7 August 1129 at
Wilderen
Sint-Truiden (; ; ) is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium. With more than 41,500 inhabitants, it is one of the largest cities in Limburg.
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where Gislebert and his allies were defeated, but peace did not return in 1131.
He founded the
Abbey of Averbode, which belonged to the
Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré
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that
St. Norbert had created.
Arnold had an outstanding reputation among his contemporaries, frequently being the arbiter in disputes between neighbors. In particular, he succeeded in bringing about a reconciliation between
Dirk VI, Count of Holland
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Herman van Horne
Herman van Horne (or Hoorn) (died 31 January 1156) was Bishop of Utrecht from 1150 to 1156. Herman was son of Thiery de Looz, Count of Horn, and grandson of Emmo, Count of Looz.
Herman became archdeacon at Liège in 1136, and provost of Sankt ...
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Emmo, Count of Loon, recognized as
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. He was welcomed with great distinction at the court of the emperors of Germany, and his name frequently appears among the witnesses mentioned in the charters granted by Emperors
Henry IV,
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Lothair II
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Conrad III
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According to a document which is considered spurious by scholars, Arnold married Aleide.
[Borman, C. de "Chartes apocryphes publiées par Foppens", '' Bulletin de la Commission Royale d'Histoire'', 82 (1913), pp. 198-99, 207-08 (available for download at Internet Archive).] Arnold is thought to have had five children:
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Louis I, Count of Loon
Louis I (Latin ''Ludovicus'', German ''Ludwig'', Dutch ''Lodewijk''; died 11 August 1171) was the Count of Loon, now in modern Belgium, and Burgrave of Mainz, in Germany. He inherited these offices from his father. He also established the County o ...
* Gerard (d. after 1138), Count of Rieneck
* Gottschalk (d. after 1138)
* Imagine, Abbess of Susteren in 1174
* Jean de Loon, Seigneur de Ghoer, married to Sophie.
Arnold was succeeded as Count of Loon by his son Louis.
Ancestors
Sources
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J.-J. Thonissen, "Arnoul Ier et Arnoul II", ''
Biographie nationale de Belgique
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'', vol. 1 (Brussels, 1866
link*Verdonk, Henk (2005) Graaf Arnold van Loon (eind 11de-begin 12de eeuw): Was er één of waren er twee?; "Tesi samanunga vvas edele unde scona. Liber Amicorum Theo Coun", Limburg – Het Oude Land van Loon 84, pp. 73-81.
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1146 deaths
Year of birth missing
House of Loon
Belgian nobility