Duchy of Limburg

duchy in Western Europe between 1065-1795

8 dated entries naming Duchy of Limburg, drawn from 8 separate years between 1059 CE and 1288 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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11th century

  • 1059Henry I, count of Limburg and Arlon (approximate date)source
  • 1082Waleran I (or Walram), count of Arlon and Limburgsource

12th century

  • 1111Henry II, Duke of Limburg (House of Ardenne) (d. 1167)source
  • 1165Waleran III (or Walram), duke of Limburg (d. 1226)source

13th century

  • 1226July 2 – Waleran III (or Walram), duke of Limburg (b. 1165)source
  • 1227August – Emperor Frederick II musters a German expeditionary force in Apulia. The crowded conditions and high heat contribute to discontent and disease among the assembled troops. On September 24, an epidemic of malaria enfeebles the army at Brindisi. Several thousand Crusaders led by Henry IV, duke of Limburg, and French and English mercenaries under the bishops Peter des Roches and William Briwere, arrive at Acre.source
  • 1247February 25 – Henry IV, duke of Limburg (House of Limburg)source
  • 1288June 5 – War of the Limburg Succession – Battle of Worringen: Brabantian forces under Duke John I defeat the coalition army of Cologne, Luxemburg, and Nassau at Worringen (in a struggle to conquer the Duchy of Limburg). John liberates the city of Cologne from rule by the Electorate of Cologne, which has previously been one of the major ecclesiastical principalities of the Holy Roman Empire.source

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