Countess Ermesinde De Luxembourg^[1]

1186 - 1247  (61 years)

• Name	Ermesinde De Luxembourg
  Prefix	Countess
  Birth	1186
  Gender	Female
  Death	13 Feb 1247
  Person ID	I52501	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2010

  
  

  Father	Henri IV De Luxembourg,   b. 1113   d. 14 Aug 1196 (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Agnes De Geire   d. Aft 1186
  Marriage	1168
  Family ID	F21576	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Duke Walram IV Of Monshou   d. 2 Jul 1226
  Marriage	1214
  Children	1. Count Henri V De Luxembourg,   b. 1217, Of Luxembourg, Belgium d. 24 Nov 1281 (Age 64 years)   2. Mathilde Von Limburg   d. 1234
  Family ID	F21581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2010

  
  

• Notes

  Countess Ermesinde de Luxembourg Ermesinde de Luxembourg stamp issued Sep 15, 1986 - 800th anniversary of birth. ruled Luxembourg from 1196 until 1247.   In 1186, Henri Iv was an old man who expected to die without heirs. He had already named Boudewijn V, Count of Hainaut (and later also of Flanders) as his successor. Then his daughter Ermesinde was born. He made her his heir instead, and a war of succession broke out. The outcome was that Ermesinde became Countess of Luxembourg, Durbuy and Laroche, and Boudewijn V's second son Philipe became Count of Namur. Luxembourg and Limburg were politically united again through Ermesinde's marriage to "Duke Walram". After Walram's death, Countess Ermesinde ruled Luxembourg alone for another 20 years.   She took over government duties in 1225 and proved to be an effective leader as she improved the political and social condition of her subjects. She granted charters or letters of freedom to several towns including Echternach (1236) and Luxembourg (1244). She died in 1247 after skillfully expanding the county of Luxembourg to three times its original size. For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site

  
  

• Sources

  [S1482] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES(nf), (Frankfurt am Main, Germany:Vittorio Klostermann, 1998-), 1.2:229 (Reliability: 3).