Waleran II (or Walram II) ( 1085 – 1139), also called Paganus, probably due to a late baptism, was the Duke of Limburg and

Count of Arlon Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...

( ''de'') from his father's death in about 1119 until his own twenty years later. He was given the Duchy of Lower Lorraine by

Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor Lothair III, sometimes numbered Lothair II and also known as Lothair of Supplinburg (1075 – 4 December 1137), was Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 until his death. He was appointed Duke of Saxony in 1106 and elected King of Germany in 1125 before ...

in 1128 after the latter's accession as King of Germany in 1125.

Life

Waleran was the son of

Henry, Duke of Lower Lorraine Henry I ( – c. 1119) was the count of Limburg and Arlon from 1082 to his death and duke of Lower Lorraine between 1101 and 1106. His mother was Jutta, daughter of Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine, and his father is uncertain, but possibly nam ...

(1101–1106), and Adelaide of Pottenstein (Adelheid von Botenstein). Henry had been forced to yield the duchy to

Godfrey I of Leuven Godfrey I ( nl, Godfried, 1060 – 25 January 1139), called the Bearded, the Courageous, or the Great, was the Landgrave of Brabant, Count of Brussels and Leuven (Louvain) from 1095 to his death and Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1106 to 1129. He w ...

Henry V Henry V may refer to: People * Henry V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1026) * Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1081/86–1125) * Henry V, Duke of Carinthia (died 1161) * Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (c. 1173–1227) * Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (121 ...

's succession, but had kept the ducal title. With the coming of Lothair, Godfrey was forced to yield it to Waleran. Godfrey was not willing to do so and war broke out, especially over disputes about the advocats of the abbey of Sint-Truiden, the Counts of Duras. In 1129, Waleran and the bishop of Liège, Alexandre de Juliers, defeated Godfrey's forces at Wilderen, near Duras, but Brabant and Duras subsequently continued to fight until they came to terms three years later. Though Waleran and Godfrey eventually reconciled, Godfrey continued to use the ducal title.

Marriage & issue

Waleran married Jutta von Wassenberg sometime between 1107–10, daughter of Gerard I of Guelders. In 1129, Waleran was made forester of

Duisbourg Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr (river), Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg ...

. In 1139, Lothair died and Waleran supported Conrad of Hohenstaufen, who was elected. He remained faithful to the new king until his death shortly thereafter. He was succeeded by Godfrey II of Leuven in Lorraine. Waleran and Jutta had: *

Henry II, Duke of Limburg Henry II ( – August 1167) was the duke of Limburg from 1139 and count of Arlon from 1147 to his death. He was the son of Waleran, Duke of Lower Lorraine, and Jutta of Guelders, daughter of Gerard I of Guelders. He succeeded his father in Lim ...

(d. Rome, Aug 1167), Count of Arlon from 1139 and Duke of Limburg from 1140 *Gerhard van Limburg, who married Elizabeth nknownand had a child, Gerhard (1148– ) * Beatrix van Limburg (– 12 July, after 1164), who married

Rupert I, Count of Laurenburg Rupert I of Laurenburg, german: Ruprecht I. von Laurenburg (died before 13 May 1154Dek (1970).Hesselfelt (1965).Van de Venne & Stols (1937).), was count of Laurenburg and one of the ancestors of the House of Nassau. Biography Rupert was a son o ...

(d. before 13 May 1154), *Walram van Limburg (d. 5 Jan 1147) *a daughter (d. 1150/51) who married Ekbert, Graf von Tecklenburg.

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