Ctse Ermensende DE NAMUR et de Luxembourg
- Born: Jul 1186, Namur, Flanders, Belgium
- Married (1): 1197
- Married (2): May 1214
- Died: 17 Feb 1247
 Research Notes:
The Chronicon Hanoniense records the birth in Jul 1186 of "Ermensendem" daughter of "comes Namurcensis Henricus" and his wife Agnes. The Chronicon Hanoniense records the betrothal in 1187 of "Ermensendis" and "comiti Campanensi Henrico". Her first betrothal was arranged by Comte Henri in order to guarantee a suitably strong protector for his daughter in light of his dispute with Baudouin V Comte de Hainaut regarding the eventual succession to his counties, but the arrangement was discontinued after the 1190 imperial decision in favour of Comte Baudouin. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines in 1193 records the marriage of "Theobaldus comes Barrensis" and "filiam Henrici comitis ceci…Ermensendem".
She succeeded her father in 1196 as ERMENSENDE Ctss de Luxembourg. Her first husband bought the counties of Luxembourg, Durbuy and La Roche, with the approval of Philipp King of Germany, and besieged Philippe Marquis de Namur in his castle at Namur, which forced the negotiation of the 1199 treaty of Dinant. Under the treaty, signed 26 Jul 1199, Baudouin IX Count of Flanders and Hainaut inherited Namur, while Ermesinde retained Luxembourg, Durbuy, La Roche and that part of Namur which lay on the right bank of the river Meuse. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "seniori Walerano filio Henrici" as second husband of "Ermensende filia Henrici ceci comitis Namucensis". The contract of marriage between "Waleranus filius Henrici ducis de Lemborch et marchio Arlnensis" and "dominæ Ermesindæ, comitissæ Luceleburq et Rupis" is dated 1214 and names "fratrum meorum Henrici de Valckenborcq et Gerardi de Horne et…filiorum meorum Henrici et Walerani". Dietrich Archbishop of Trier, at the request of "Walerami ducis de Limburg et comitis de Lutzelimburg", granted "feodum suum…de Arluns et Luzelliburg" to "uxori sue et conmatri nostre Ermegardi, prolibusquoque suis Henrico, Gerardo filiis, Catharine etiam filie sue" by charter dated 23 Nov 1223. 1
Marriage Information:
Ermensende married Jean (Thibaut I) DE BAR-LE-DUC, Comte de Bar, son of Cte Renaud II DE BAR-LE-DUC and Agnes DE BLOIS, Dame de Ligny, in 1197. (Thibaut I DE BAR-LE-DUC was born in 1158 in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, Argonne/Lorraine, France and died on 2 Feb 1213/4.)
Marriage Information:
Ermensende also married Duke Walram III VAN LIMBURG, Seigneur de Montjoie, son of Duke Hendrik III VAN LIMBURG, Count of Arlon, and Sophia VON SAARBRÜCKEN. (Walram III VAN LIMBURG died on 2 Jul 1226 in Cremona, Italy.)
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