Individual Details
Waleran I, Lord of Ligny
( - 5 Jun 1288)
According to Wikipedia:
Waleran I of Luxembourg (died 5 June 1288 in the Battle of Worringen[1]) was since 1281 Lord of Ligny and La Roche.
He was the second son of Henry V, Count of Luxembourg and Margaret of Bar.[2][3]
He married Jeanne, Dame de Beaurevoir (died before December 1300), and had:
Henry II, died 1303, 1295 Lord of Ligny
Waleran II (1275-1354) Lord of Ligny, Roussy and Beauvoir, married Guyotte Châtelaine de Lille ( 1338)
Philipotte
Elisabeth
Marguerite, nun
Marie (died 1337), married Jean de Ghistelles (killed in 1346 in the Battle of Crécy)
He was killed together with his brother Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg in the Battle of Worringen against John I, Duke of Brabant. His eldest son, Henry II of Ligny, succeeded him.
Waleran of Luxembourg is one of the protagonists in Le Tournoi de Chauvency by trouvère Jacques Bretel.
Sources
Jean Hocsemius, "Lutzilburgensis comes...Waleranus...frater eius, et frater Coloniensis archiepiscopi"
Gesta Baldewini de Luczenburch
Du Chesne (1631), Luxembourg, Preuves
Waleran I of Luxembourg (died 5 June 1288 in the Battle of Worringen[1]) was since 1281 Lord of Ligny and La Roche.
He was the second son of Henry V, Count of Luxembourg and Margaret of Bar.[2][3]
He married Jeanne, Dame de Beaurevoir (died before December 1300), and had:
Henry II, died 1303, 1295 Lord of Ligny
Waleran II (1275-1354) Lord of Ligny, Roussy and Beauvoir, married Guyotte Châtelaine de Lille ( 1338)
Philipotte
Elisabeth
Marguerite, nun
Marie (died 1337), married Jean de Ghistelles (killed in 1346 in the Battle of Crécy)
He was killed together with his brother Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg in the Battle of Worringen against John I, Duke of Brabant. His eldest son, Henry II of Ligny, succeeded him.
Waleran of Luxembourg is one of the protagonists in Le Tournoi de Chauvency by trouvère Jacques Bretel.
Sources
Jean Hocsemius, "Lutzilburgensis comes...Waleranus...frater eius, et frater Coloniensis archiepiscopi"
Gesta Baldewini de Luczenburch
Du Chesne (1631), Luxembourg, Preuves
Events
| Death | 5 Jun 1288 |
Families
| Spouse | Joan of Beauvoir ( - 1300) |
| Child | Waleran II, Lord of Ligny ( - 1354) |
| Father | Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (1216 - 1281) |
| Mother | Margaret of Bar (1220 - 1275) |
| Sibling | Isabelle of Luxembourg (1247 - 1298) |
| Sibling | Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg (1240 - 1288) |
| Sibling | Philippa of Luxembourg (1252 - 1311) |