Walram III of Limburg
1180 - 1226 (46 years)-
Name Walram III of Limburg Born 1180 Gender Male Died 02 Jul 1226 Rolduc, Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands 
Person ID I149396 Little Chute Genealogy Last Modified 22 Aug 2007
Father Henry III of Limburg, b. cir 1140, d. 21 Jun 1221 (Age ~ 81 years) Mother Sophia of Saarbrucken, b. 1150, Saarbrucken, Saarland Bundesland, Germany Family ID F59834 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Cunegonde of Lotharingen, b. cir 1175, Germany Children 1. Jutta of Limburg, b. cir 1195, d. 09 May 1248, Bentheim, Lower Saxony, Germany (Age ~ 53 years)Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 Family ID F183047 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Ermesinda of Luxembourg, b. Sep 1186, Namur, Belgium , d. 17 Feb 1253 (Age ~ 66 years) Children 1. Catherine of Limburg, b. 1215, Limburg, Belgium , d. 18 Apr 1255, Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, France (Age 40 years)2. Henry V of Luxembourg, b. 1217, Luxembourg , d. 24 Nov 1281, Luxembourg (Age 64 years)Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 Family ID F59833 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Waleran III or Walram III (1180 2 July 1226) was initially lord of Montjoie, then count of Luxembourg from 1214. He became count of Arlon and duke of Limburg on his father's death in 1221. He was the son of Henry III of Limburg and Sophia of Saarbrucken.
As a younger son, he did not expect to inherit. He carried on an adventurous youth and took part in the Third Crusade in 1192. In 1208, the imperial candidate Philip of Swabia died and Walern, his erstwhile supporter, turned to his opponent, Otto of Brunswick. In 1212, he accompanied his first cousin Henry I, Duke of Brabant, to Liège, then in a war with Guelders. Waleran's first wife, Cunigunda, a daughter of Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine, died in 1214 and in May he married Ermesinda of Luxembourg*, and became count there. Ermesinda claimed Namur and so Waleran added a crown to his coat of arms to symbolise this claim.
In 1221, he inherited Limburg and added a second tail to the rampant lion on his arms. This symbolised his holding of two great fiefs. In 1223, he again tried to take Namur from the Margrave Philip II. He failed and signed a peace treaty on 13 February in Dinant. He then took part in various imperial diets and accompanied the Emperor Frederick II into Italy. Returning from there, he died Rolduc. (Wikipedia)
- Waleran III or Walram III (1180 2 July 1226) was initially lord of Montjoie, then count of Luxembourg from 1214. He became count of Arlon and duke of Limburg on his father's death in 1221. He was the son of Henry III of Limburg and Sophia of Saarbrucken.