Ermesinde of Luxembourg ( – 24 June 1143) was a German noblewoman.

Life

She was a daughter of Count Conrad I of Luxembourg and his wife

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. After the death of her nephew

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in 1136, there were no surviving males in the

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and she inherited the counties of

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and

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. However, she immediately abdicated in favour of her son Henry IV and never actually ruled. She is primarily known because she made a number of donations to churches and monasteries. Towards the end of her life, she retired to a monastery.

First marriage

In 1096, Ermesinde married Albert of Moha ( – 24 August 1098), Count of Dagsburg,

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and Moha, and

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. Ermesinde and Albert had: * Matilda (d. after 1157), married Count Folmar of Metz and Hombourg, who in 1135 founded the Abbey of Beaupré * Unknown daughter, married a Count ''Aiulf'', who is only known from a deed of 1124, in which Ermesinde calls her grandson Eberhard "son of Count Aiulf".

Second marriage

In 1109, Ermesinde remarried to

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, the oldest son of

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. They had: * Albert (d. after 1125) *

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, who was Count of Luxembourg as Henry IV and Count of Namur as Henry I * Clemencia, married Duke Conrad I of Zähringen * Beatrix ( – 1160), married Count

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of Rethel *

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(1124 – end of July 1169), married Count

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of Hainaut

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