Research Notes:

One passage in the Genealogica ex Stirpe Sancti Arnulfi records that "Adela soror Friderici ducis” [Frédéric [II] Duke of Upper Lotharingia] gave birth to “Fulconem et Gallerannum et filiam unam quam habuit Henricus de Liemborc, pater Pagani de Arluns”. Their father’s name is confirmed by the 1052/1053 charters quoted below. Waléran’s date of birth is estimated very approximately to test the chronology of this family, bearing in mind his mother’s estimated date of birth and his father’s supposed date of death. The Gesta Treverorum names "Walrammi et Folconis" as sons of "comitissa [Adelheid] de castello…Aralunæ". Eberhard Archbishop of Trier refers to past donations by "comite Walrammo de Arlo et uxore ipsius Adelheide" in two charters dated 1052 and 1053, the second one referring to the confirmation of donations by "filiorum eorum Walrammi et Folconis" after the death of their parents.

Comte d'Arlon. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records that the dowry of Waleran's wife was "dominium ultra Mosam prope Leodium" and that he constructed "castrum de Lemborch" on the site. Archbishop Udo of Trier donated property to Trier St Simon by charter dated 29 Jan 1068, subscribed by "Theoderici comitis, Henrici fratris eius, Walrammi comitis, Folconis comitis, Stephani comitis…". “...Walaramnus et Folco comites fratres...” witnessed a charter of Egilbert Archbishop of Trier dated [1084/85]. "…Walrammus et frater eius Volko comites de Arlo…" subscribed the spurious charter dated 1093 under which "Heinricus…comes palatinus Rheni et dominus de Lacu…uxore mei Adleide" founded the abbey of Laach, which provides no guarantee that the brothers Walram and Bolko/Foulques were still alive at that date.

The question of Waléran’s marriage is speculative.... [There] are two alternative cases which explain the ancestry of Hendrik [I] Graaf van Limburg. In Alternative (1), Hendrik would have been the son of Waléran [II] Comte d’Arlon. Consistent with this alternative, Waléran would have married Jutta [Judith] de Luxembourg, daughter of Frédéric Duke of Lower Lotharingia [Luxembourg] & his first wife Gerberge de Boulogne. One passage in the Genealogica ex Stirpe Sancti Arnulfi records that "Gerberga soror Eustachii comitis, ex Friderico duce” [Frédéric de Luxembourg Duke of Lower Lotharingia] gave birth to “filiam Iuttam” who was mother of “Henricum de Lemburc”. For consistency with the Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines (which records that "Henricus Lembergensis qui ducatum perdidit" [referring to his loss of the duchy of Lower Lotharingia, see below] was "filius...antiqui Walerani" [no further precision in the text, presumably from a chronological point of view this refers to Waléran [II] Comte d’Arlon] and he had “filium...Paganum” who also claimed “ducatu contra Lovanienses”, as did “filius eiusdem Pagani Henricus” who married “filiam suam” to “tertio Godefrido de Lovanio” to settle the dispute. This source does not name Jutta’s husband. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names her husband Waléran but not his wife, recording that [his mother] “Adela comitissa Arelung vel Areleonis...soror Sigifridi [error for Friderici] filia...ducis Theoderici” had two sons “Fulconem et Galeranum”, of whom Waléran “per uxorem suam” [unnamed] had "dominium ultra Mosam prope Leodium" and built “castrum de Lemburch”. In Alternative (2), Hendrik would have been the son of his predecessor Udo Graf van Limburg and acquired an interest in Arlon by marrying the daughter of one of the brothers Waléran or Foulques... ¹