Conrad II, Count of Luxembourg
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Conrad II of Luxembourg (died 1136) was
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 ...
(1131–1136), in succession to his father
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. His mother was Mathilde or Luitgarde of Northeim. He married
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, daughter of count
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. Conrad II died without a male heir, and so the county of Luxembourg reverted to the
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. The emperor in turn did not wish the county to be ruled by Conrad's closest relative Henri de Grandpré, who was a French lord and so might align the county with the
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, and so granted it to Henry of Namur, a cousin of Conrad's. 1136 deaths Counts of Luxembourg Year of birth unknown House of Luxembourg {{Luxembourg-bio-stub