Henry II (1206–1229) was the

margrave of Namur The County of Namur was not often an independent state, rather under the dominion of other entities like the counties of Hainaut and Flanders or the Duchy of Burgundy. Succession is from father to son, unless otherwise noted. Counts House ...

from 1226 until his death.

Reign

He was the third son of the

Peter II of Courtenay Peter II of Courtenay (; died 1219), was emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople from 1216 to 1217. Biography Peter II was a son of Peter I of Courtenay (died 1183), a younger son of Louis VI of France and his second wife, Adelaide of Mau ...

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, and Yolanda, countess of Namur. Louis Le Gendre, ''Nouvelle histoire de France'', vol. 2 (Paris, 1718), p. 192
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When his eldest brother,

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died in 1226 without an heir, his second brother

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was already Latin Emperor in Constantinople, so Henry became the new Margrave of Namur. At the time of his succession, Henry was in France, under the guardianship of

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. Ch. Piot, "Henri de Courtenay", ''

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vol. 9
(Brussels, 1887), p. 188. When his brother Robert died in 1228, Henry renounced the title of Latin Emperor, which went to his younger brother

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. Henry died himself one year later without children, and he was succeeded by his sister

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, who was married to Henry, count of Vianden.

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