Philippa of Luxembourg (1252 – 6 April 1311) was the daughter of Count
Henry V of Luxembourg and his wife,
Marguerite of Bar. She married
John II, Count of Holland.
[M. A. Pollock, ''Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296'', (The Boydell Press, 2015), xv.] Two of her granddaughters were
Queen Philippa of England, and
Margaret II,
Countess of Hainault
The Count of Hainaut (; ; ) was the ruler of the county of Hainaut, a historical region in the Low Countries (including the modern countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and parts of northern France and western Germany). In English-la ...
in her own right and wife of Holy Roman Emperor
Louis IV.
The children of John II of Holland and Philippa of Luxembourg included:
* John (died 1302)
* Henry (died 1303), a canon in
Cambrai
Cambrai (, ; pcd, Kimbré; nl, Kamerijk), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department and in the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, regio ...
* Simon
*
William I, Count of Hainaut, father of
Queen Philippa and
Margaret II
*
John (Jean) (1288–1356), Seigneur de Beaumont. Married
Marguerite, Countess of Soissons.
* Margaret (died 1342), wife of
Robert II of Artois
* Alix (died 1317), wife of
Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk
* Isabelle (died 1305), wife of
Raoul de Clermont, Seigneur de Nesle.
* Jeanne, nun at Fontenelles
*
Mary of Avesnes (1280–1354), wife of
Louis I, Duke of Bourbon
* Matilda, Abbess of
Nivelles
* Willem de Cuser (born 1290, date of death unknown)
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Philippa de Luxembourg
1252 births
1311 deaths
Women of medieval Luxembourg
Countesses of Holland
Countesses of Hainaut
House of Limburg
Avesnes family
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