Louis II was

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from 1191 to 1218. He was the son of Gerard, Count of Looz, and Adelaide of Gelderland, daughter of Henry I, Count of Guelders, and Agnes of Arnstein, daughter of Louis III of Arnstein. He also claimed to be the legitimate

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during the Loon War (1203–1206). He waged war against duke Henry I of Brabant for the county of Moha and the rights on

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and

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. He had the rights of both cities, because he was regent of Duras. This culminated in the decisive Battle of Steppes in 1213 in which Louis prevailed. Louis married Ada, Countess of Holland in 1203 after her father died and she inherited Holland. She waged war against her uncle William I of Holland, to defend her inheritance of

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. Despite her marriage to Louis for extra protection, she was taken prisoner by the supporters of William in

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and brought first to

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and then to

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. Louis managed to free Ada in 1206, and the couple returned to Loon in 1207.Marion van Bussel,
Ada van Holland
in Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland, 13/01/2014 (in Dutch) Louis sought support from Hugo de Pierrepont,

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, whom he helped to win at the battle of Steppes in 1213. Louis was poisoned in 1218. He was succeeded as Count of Loon by his nephew Louis III.

Sources

Baerten, J., "Les origines des comtes de Looz et la formation territoriale du comté", Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire 43 (2), 1965 Counts of Holland 1218 deaths House of Loon Year of birth unknown 13th-century counts in Europe Jure uxoris counts {{Netherlands-bio-stub