Catherine of Limburg (1215-1255) was a duchess consort of Lorraine by marriage to

Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine Matthias II ( 1193 – 9 February 1251) was Duke of Lorraine from 1220 to his death. He was the son of Duke Frederick II and Agnes of Bar and succeeded his brother, Theobald I. He immediately had to give away Nancy to his brother's widow, ...

.Georges Poull, La Maison ducale de Lorraine, Nancy, Presses Universitaires de Nancy, 1991, étail de l’édition(ISBN 2-86480-517-0) She was regent of Lorraine during the minority of her son

Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine Frederick III () (1240 – 31 December 1302) was the Duke of Lorraine from 1251 to his death. He was the only son and successor of Matthias II and Catherine of Limburg. He was not yet thirteen years of age when his father died, so his mother a ...

between 1251-1255. She was the daughter of Waleran III of Limburg,

Duke of Limburg The counts of Limburg ruled a medieval county with its capital at Limbourg-sur-Vesdre, lying between Liège and Aachen. They rose to prominence when one of them was appointed Duke of Lower Lorraine. Though Lorraine was later confiscated, the ...

and

Count of Luxembourg The territory of Luxembourg has been ruled successively by counts, dukes and grand dukes. It was part of the medieval Kingdom of Germany, and later the Holy Roman Empire until it became a sovereign state in 1815. Counts of Luxembourg House of A ...

, and

Ermesinde of Luxembourg Ermesinde (July 1186 – 12 February 1247) ruled as the Counts, Dukes and Grand Dukes of Luxembourg, countess of Luxembourg from 1197 until her death. She was the only child of Henry IV, Count of Luxembourg, Count Henry IV and his second wife Agn ...

Issue

She had the following issue: *

Frederick Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Nobility Anhalt-Harzgerode *Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) Austria * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198 * Frederick ...

(1240–1302), his successor in Lorraine *Laure, married in 1250 to Jean de Dampierre (died 1258), viscount of

Troyes Troyes () is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within the Champagne wine region and is near to ...

, and then to Guillaume de Vergy, lord of Mirebeau and Autrey *Isabella (died 1266), married Guillaume de Vienne (died 1255), then, in 1256, Jean de Chalon (1243–1309) *Catherine, married in 1255 to Richard de Montfaucon (died 1279), son of Thierry III, Count of

Montbéliard Montbéliard (; traditional ) is a town in the Doubs Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eastern France, about from the border with Switzerland. It is one of the two Subprefectures in F ...

*Adeline (died c. 1278), married

Louis of Savoy Ludovico I or Louis I (Italian: Lodovico; 24 February 1413 – 29 January 1465) was Duke of Savoy from 1440 until his death in 1465. Life He was born at Geneva the son of Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy and Mary of Burgundy; he was the first to ho ...

(died 1302), baron of Vaud

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