Henry II of Bar in French ''Henri II de Bar'', in German ''Heinrich II von Bar'' (1190–13 November 1239) was a
Count of Bar
The County of Bar, later Duchy of Bar, was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire encompassing the '' pays de Barrois'' and centred on the city of Bar-le-Duc. It was held by the House of Montbéliard from the 11th century. Part of the county, t ...
who reigned from 1214 to 1239. He was son of Count
Theobald I of Bar and his first wife, Ermesinde of Bar-sur-Seine. Henry was killed on 13 November 1239 during the
Barons' Crusade, when he diverted several hundred crusaders from the main army under
Theobald I of Navarre
Theobald I (french: Thibaut, es, Teobaldo; 30 May 1201 – 8 July 1253), also called the Troubadour and the Posthumous, was Count of Champagne (as Theobald IV) from birth and King of Navarre from 1234. He initiated the Barons' Crusade, was famou ...
to fight an
Ayyubid force at
Gaza.
Spouse and children
In 1219 he married
Philippa de Dreux (1192–1242), the daughter of
Robert II of Dreux.
Children
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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 ...
(1220–1275), in 1240 she married
Henry V of Luxembourg
Henry V the Blondell (1216 – 24 December 1281), called the Great, was the Count of Arlon from 1226 to his death, lord of Ligny from 1240 to his death, Count of Luxembourg and Laroche from 1247 to his death, and the Marquis of Namur between 125 ...
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Thiébaut II of Bar (c. 1221–1291), Succeeded his father as Count of Bar
* Henry, 1249
* Jeanne (1225–1299), married first Frédéric de Blamont who died in 1255, and second
Louis V, Count of Chiny
* Renaud (died 1271)
See also
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Umm al-Naser Mosque
References
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Counts of Bar
House of Montbelliard
Christians of the Barons' Crusade
1190 births
1239 deaths
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