Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg

Count of Luxemburg and Arlon

Henry VI

Count of Luxemburg and Arlon
Reign| 24 December 1281 – 5 June 1288
Predecessor| Henry V
Successor| Henry VII

Born| c. 1240
Died| 5 June 1288 (aged 48)
Worringen
Spouse| Beatrice d'Avesnes
Issue
more...| Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor
Baldwin, Archbishop of Trier
House| Luxembourg
Father| Henry V, Count of Luxembourg
Mother| Margaret of Bar

Henry VI (c. 1240 – 5 June 1288) was Count of Luxembourg and Arlon from the death of his father, Henry V the Blond, in 1281 until his own death at the battle of Worringen,[1] seven years later, when he was succeeded by his son, Henry VII.

## Life

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Henry was the son of Henry V the Blond and Margaret of Bar. His father took part in Saint Louis's crusade against Tunis and he continued this war, being killed alongside three of his brothers at the Battle of Worringen by a knight of John I, Duke of Brabant.

## Issue

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Henry married Beatrice d'Avesnes[2] (d. 1 March 1321, daughter of Baldwin and granddaughter of Bouchard IV of Avesnes) around 1260–1 and they had three sons, two of whom attained the highest honours and excellence:

* Henry VII,[3] who was elected King of the Romans in 1308 and Holy Roman Emperor in 1309
* Walram, Lord of Dourlers, Thirimont, and Consorre, died at the siege of Brescia in 1311[3]
* Margaret, Prioress of Marienthal[3]
* Felicitas, Lady of Gaesbeck[3]
* Baldwin, Archbishop-Elector of Trier[3]

## Notes

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1. ^ Péporté 2011, p. 148–149.
2. ^ Gades 1951, p. 102–103.
3. ^ a b c d e Gades 1951, p. 109.

## Sources

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* Gades, John A. (1951). Luxemburg in the Middle Ages. Brill.
* Péporté, Pit (2011). Constructing the Middle Ages: Historiography, Collective Memory and Nation-Building in Luxembourg. Brill.

## External links

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* Lundy, Darryl. "Henri VI, Comte de Luxembourg". The Peerage.[unreliable source], thePeerage.com
* Lundy, Darryl. "Beatrix d'Avesnes". The Peerage.[unreliable source], thePeerage.com
* Lundy, Darryl. "Baudoin d'Avesnes". The Peerage.[unreliable source], thePeerage.com

Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg

House of Luxembourg

Born: c. 1240 Died: 5 June 1288

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Henry V

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