47277610. Henri L’Aveugle, Compte de Luxembourg & 47277611. Agnes of Guelders
1111, Henri, born in Namur, s/o 378220818. Godfrey, compte de Namur & 378220819. Ermesinde, Ctss de Luxembourg.
11/27/1121, ‘Godefridus comes Namurcensis et Ermensendis comitissa’
founded the abbey of Floreffe, with consent of ‘Adelberto, Henrico, Clementia,
Beatrice, Adelaide’. (S) FMG.
1/7/1125, ‘Godefridus comes Namucensis et Ermensindis
comitissa’ made a donation to the abbey of Floreffe with the consent of ‘filiis
suis Alberto et Heinrico’. (S) FMG.
Henri’s older brother Albert died.
Henri 1st married Laurette of Flanders, d/o Thierry
of Alsace.
1136, Henri succeeded his mother as comte de Luxembourg.
8/1/1137, Louis VII
succeeded as king of France.
1139, Henri L’Aveugle succeeded his father as compte de Namur, de la Roche, de Durbuy et de Longwy.
1140, Henry of
Luxemburg and Namur destroyed the city of Fosse. (S) Oxford Encyclopedia of
Medieval Warfare, V1, 2010, P178.
1140, Henri
attacked Adalberon II, archbishop of Trier, for which he was excommunicated. The
archbishop counter-attacked, and Henri lost Luxembourg.
1141,
Alderberon and Henri aligned by a peace treaty, they joined together to besiege
the chateau of Bouillon. (S) Cyclopedia of Biblical, … , M’Clintock, 1885, P81.
1146 at
Sepyer, The archbishop and Henri signed a peace agreement.
1147, Henry,
count of Namur, at war with the counts of Lon and Dasburch.
1150, Henry,
count of Namur, and the Count of Rupe were allied in a struggle over protery of
Monte Acuto against the bishop of Liege, who won the engagement, capturing 430
of Henry’s forces. (S) History of Germany, V1, Menzel, 1852, P475.
1151, Henri
defeated at Andenne when attacking the forces of bishop Henri de Leyon.
1152, Baldwin of
Hainaut [Henry’s brother-in-law] went to Hagenau in Alsass to call on Henry,
duke of Luxemburg; to arrange for his inheritance. Frederick Barbarossa
consented to the arrangement. (S) Luxemburg in the Middle Ages, Gade, 1951,
P65.
12/19/1154, Henry II
crowned king of England.
6/18/1155, Frederick I Barbarossa crowned Emperor of the Holy
Roman Empire.
~1160, Agnes born in Guelders, d/o §Henri I, count of Guelders
& Agnes of Arnstein.
1163, Henri’s wife Laurette, providing no children, left Henri
for a convent.
1163, Henry designated his brother-in-law Baldwin IV of
Hainault, husband of his sister Alice of Namur, as his heir.
1169, Baldwin V and his father, with 700 knights of Hainaut,
supported Henry, count of Namur and Luxembourg in war with Duke Henry of
Limbourg.
1170, Henry, count of Namur and Luxembourg, and the Count of
Hainault defeated Godrey III, count of Louvain at the battle of Carnieres. (S)
Encyclopedia Metropolitana, V1, 1845, P561.
1171, Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut, with a force of 300 knights
and as many mounted sergeants went in battle to support his uncle Count Henry
of Namur and Luxembourg, who was being attacked by his own barons.
1171, With the death of Baldwin IV, Henri designated their son
Baldwin V as his heir.
1171, Henri married Agnes.
1172, Hendrik, duke of Limburg, attacked at Arlon by the Henry,
count of Namur and Luxembourg, and Baldwin, count of Hainaut.
9/18/1180, Philip Augustus succeeded as King of France.
9/1182, Baldwin V of Hainaut was at a tournament at Assche
where his harness was stolen by Henry, son of the duke of Lovain; which began a
war. Henry captured Hoesnaken from Baldwin. Baldwin assembled a large army of
several Counts including Henri, count of Namur, to recapture the town. (S)
Chronicle of Hainaut, Gislebertus, 2005, P80.
1182, Henri began losing his sight.
1184, Baldwin V of Hainaut entered Namur with 30,000 foot
soldiers. Baldwin then surrendered to Emperor Frederick the whole “allod” of
his uncle, Henry, count of Namur and Luxemburg; who then returned the allod to
Baldwin as a fief. (S) Medieval Empire, V1, Fisher, 1898, P241.
1184, Henri repudiated Agnes.
1185, Archbishop Philip, the Count of Flanders, and Duke Henri
of Brabant forced the count of Namur to take back his wife Agnes whom he had
put aside.
1186, With the birth of an heiress, Henri became at war with
Baldwin V over succession rights. Heinrich VI King of Germany adjudicated the claims, deciding that
Baldwin would inherit Namur. Ermesinde would inherit Durbuy and La Roche. Luxembourg
would revert to the crown. [The war would continue.]
1187, In the valley of the Ailette [called the golden vale],
Raoul de Coucy honored the Duke of Limburg, and the Counts of Hainaut, Namur,
Soissons, Blois, and others with a festival. (S) France and America, Tardieu,
1927, P90.
1187, Henri betrothed his daughter to Henri II, compte de
Champagne.
1188, Baldwin V, with 300 knights, 30,000 horsemen and
footsoldiers, attacked and captured
Henri who had a force of 240 knights and 20,000 footsoldiers. (S) The Art of
Warfare in Western Europe, Verbruggen, 2002, P164.
1188, Henri reinstated Baldwin as his heir.
1190 at Worms, Hostilities between Baldwin I of Namur and Henri
ended. Baldwin received Namur, with the expectation of Laroche and Durbuy on
Henri’s death. The marriage contract for his daughter also ended.
1194, Henri sent forces to capture Namur. The were defeated at
Noville-sur-Mehaigne.
8/14/1196, Henri, the blind, count of Luxembourg, Durbuy and La
Roche, died; buried at abbaye de Floreffe.
