Waleran I of Luxembourg (died 5 June 1288 in the
Battle of Worringen
The Battle of Worringen was fought on 5 June 1288 near the town of Worringen (also spelled Woeringen), which is now the northernmost borough of Cologne. It was the decisive battle of the War of the Limburg Succession, fought for the possession ...
) was
Lord of Ligny and
La Roche around 1281.
He was the second son of
Henry V, Count of Luxembourg and
Margaret of Bar
Margaret of Bar (1220–1275) was a daughter of Henry II of Bar and his wife Philippa of Dreux. She was Countess of Luxembourg by her marriage to Henry V of Luxembourg. She is also known as ''Marguerite of Bar''.
Family
Margaret's maternal gr ...
. While is older brother
Henry VI became Count of Luxembourg like their father, Waleran I is the forefather and founder of what became the french branch of the
House of Luxembourg
The House of Luxembourg ( lb, D'Lëtzebuerger Haus; french: Maison de Luxembourg; german: Haus Luxemburg) or Luxembourg dynasty was a royal family of the Holy Roman Empire in the Late Middle Ages, whose members between 1308 and 1437 ruled as kin ...
, the so-called house of ''Luxembourg-Ligny''.
[Du Chesne (1631), Luxembourg, Preuves]
He married Jeanne, Dame de
Beaurevoir
Beaurevoir is a commune in the department of Aisne in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Aisne department
The following is a list of the 799 communes in the French department of Aisne.
The commu ...
(died before December 1300), and had:
*
Henry II, died 1303, 1295 Lord of Ligny
*
Waleran II (1275–1354) Lord of Ligny, Roussy and Beauvoir, married Guyotte Châtelaine de Lille († 1338)
* Philipotte
* Elisabeth
* Marguerite, nun
* Marie (died 1337), married Jean de Ghistelles (killed in 1346 in the
Battle of Crécy
The Battle of Crécy took place on 26 August 1346 in northern France between a French army commanded by King PhilipVI and an English army led by King EdwardIII. The French attacked the English while they were traversing northern France du ...
)
He was killed together with his brother
Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg
Henry VI ( – 5 June 1288) was Count of Luxembourg and Arlon from the death of his father, Henry V the Blond, in 1281 until his own death at the battle of Worringen, seven years later, when he was succeeded by his son, Henry VII.
Lif ...
in the
Battle of Worringen
The Battle of Worringen was fought on 5 June 1288 near the town of Worringen (also spelled Woeringen), which is now the northernmost borough of Cologne. It was the decisive battle of the War of the Limburg Succession, fought for the possession ...
against
John I, Duke of Brabant
John I of Brabant, also called John the Victorious (1252/12533 May 1294) was Duke of Brabant (1267–1294), Lothier and Limburg (1288–1294). During the 13th century, John I was venerated as a folk hero. He has been painted as the perfect model ...
. His eldest son,
Henry II of Ligny, succeeded him.
Waleran of Luxembourg is one of the protagonists in ''
Le Tournoi de Chauvency
The Tournament of Chauvency was held in 1285 to bring together the greatest knights of France and Germany for six days of jousting and other activities, a social event of primary importance at the end of the thirteenth century. Dedicated to Henry ...
'' by
trouvère
''Trouvère'' (, ), sometimes spelled ''trouveur'' (, ), is the Northern French ('' langue d'oïl'') form of the '' langue d'oc'' (Occitan) word ''trobador'', the precursor of the modern French word ''troubadour''. ''Trouvère'' refers to poet ...
Jacques Bretel
Jacques Bretel or Jacques Bretex (dates of birth and death unknown) was a French language ''trouvère'', best known for having written '' le Tournoi de Chauvency''.
His only known work, signed and dated in 1285, ''le Tournoi de Chauvency'' is a l ...
.
Sources
{{DEFAULTSORT:Waleran 01 Of Luxembourg, Count Of Ligny
1288 deaths
13th-century French people
Counts of Ligny
French people of Luxembourgian descent
Year of birth unknown