Henry III of Bar (; 1259 –
Naples
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, September 1302) was
Count of Bar from 1291 to 1302. He was the son of
Theobald II, Count of Bar and Jeanne de Toucy.
Henry's introduction to military life came as he was made a knight in a conflict between his father and the
Bishop of Metz
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To 500
* Clement of Metz (c. 280–300)
* Celestius
* Felix I
* Patient
* Victor I 344–346
* Victor II
* Simeon
* Sambace
* Rufus of Metz
* Ad ...
. He then served
Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine. He was preparing to go on crusade when his father died.
In 1284
Joan I of Navarre, Countess of Champagne married the future
Philip IV of France
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. Henry's reaction was a marriage to
Eleanor
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, daughter of
Edward I of England
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. When war broke out in short order between France and England, Henry was drawn in. The fighting ceased after the 1301
Treaty of Bruges. Under its terms, Henry gave up some fortresses and paid homage to
Philip
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for part of his lands, then called the
Barrois mouvant. He also undertook to fight in
Cyprus
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against the Muslim forces.
Henry therefore made his way to the
Kingdom of Naples
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. In assisting
Charles II of Naples against the invading forces of
Frederick II of Sicily, he was wounded in fighting, and died soon afterwards.
Family
Henry married
Eleanor
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, daughter of
Edward I of England
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and
Eleanor of Castile, at
Bristol
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on 20 September 1293. Their children were:
*
Edward I, Count of Bar, married to Mary, daughter of
Robert II, Duke of Burgundy
*
Joan of Bar, Countess of Surrey, married to
John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey.
* Eleanor (b.1285), married to a
Welshman named Llywelyn ap Owain, Lord of
South Wales
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.
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1259 births
1302 deaths
House of Montbelliard
Counts of Bar