Hériman (Bovo) de Duras (born after 1006), son of
Otto I, Count of Duras Count Otto of Loon as he was known during his own lifetime (d. abt 1087), was founder of the family of Counts of Duras, and brother of Emmo, Count of Loon, one of the first known counts of Loon. In contemporary and later medieval records he is mainl ...
, and Oda, daughter of
Giselbert I, Count of Duras The County of Duras was a medieval county with its seat at the castle of Duras. The 18th century version of this castle still stands and is a part of modern Sint-Truiden in the province of Belgian Limburg. The county was one of several counties in ...
. The children and grandchildren of Hériman were closely tied to the
Cathedral of Our Lady and St. Lambert in Liege (Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Lambert) as well as the
Counts of Chiny The counts of Chiny were part of the nobility of Lotharingia that ruled from the 9th to the 14th century in what is now part of Belgium.
It has been proposed that the County of Chiny was created in the early 10th century out of the ancient county o ...
.
Several of Hériman's descendants are identified with
Waha Waha ( wa, Wahå) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Marche-en-Famenne, located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.
The village of Marloie is a part of the district.
Etymology
The name "Waha" comes from the C ...
, a Belgian village located in the
Province of Luxembourg
Luxembourg (french: Luxembourg ; nl, Luxemburg ; german: Luxemburg ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; wa, Lussimbork), also called Belgian Luxembourg, is the southernmost province of Wallonia and of Belgium. It borders on the country of Luxembourg to the ea ...
in
Wallonia
Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...
. Legend says that, in the 10th century, Waha was part of the territory of a Count Immon, who possibly was
Emmo, Count of Hesbaye.
The name of Hériman's wife is unknown. He and his wife had five children:
* Simon de Waha, Canon at
Liège, St. Lambert (1103)
* Julien (died 1127 of after), Seigneur de Waha, married Mathilde de Fronville. They had one child Guy, Canon at Liège, St. Lambert (1118–1147)
* Hugel de Waha, Châtelain de Mirwart, married Clementia de Chiny, daughter of
Arnold I, Count of Chiny Arnold I (died 16 April 1106), Count of Chiny, son of Louis II, Count of Chiny, and his wife Sophie. He succeeded his father as count before 1066.
Arnold is best known for his many clashes with the authorities. The only known positive action of h ...
, and Adélaïs de Roucy. Hugel and Clementia had one son Lambert, Canon at Liège, St. Lambert (1196–1223).
* Bovo, Canon at Liège, St. Lambert (1108)
* Jean, Abbot of St. Hubert.
No further information on Hériman or his descendants appears in the literature.
Sources
* Wolters, Mathias J., Notice Historique sur l’Ancien Comté de Duras en Hesbaie, Gyselinck, 1855 (available o
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