Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg

Henry VI
Count of Luxemburg, Durbuy, Laroche and Arlon
Count of Luxemburg
Reign	24 December 1281 – 5 June 1288
Predecessor	Henry V
Successor	Henry VII
Spouse	Beatrice d'Avesnes
Issue
Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor Walram, Seigneur de Dourlers, de Thirimont et de Consorre Margaret, Prioress of Marienthal Felicitas, Lady of Gaesbeck Baldwin, Archbishop Elector of Trier
House	House of Luxemburg
Father	Henry V, Count of Luxembourg
Mother	Margaret of Bar
Born	c. 1240
Died	5 June 1288 (aged 37–38) Worringen

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, seven years later, when he was succeeded by his son, Henry VII.

Life

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.

Henry married Beatrice d'Avesnes (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:

• Baldwin, afterwards Archbishop-Elector of Trier, and
• Henry, who would become King of the Romans in 1308 and Holy Roman Emperor (as Henry VII) in 1309, being crowned as such by Pope Clement V in 1312.
• Walram, died at the siege of Brescia in 1311

References

• Lundy, Darryl. "Henri VI, Comte de Luxembourg". The Peerage. , thePeerage.com
• Lundy, Darryl. "Beatrix d'Avesnes". The Peerage. , thePeerage.com
• Lundy, Darryl. "Baudoin d'Avesnes". The Peerage. , thePeerage.com

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company. 

Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg House of Luxembourg Born: c. 1240 Died: 5 June 1288
Preceded by Henry V	Count of Luxembourg 1281–1288	Succeeded by Henry VII
	Count of Arlon 1281–1288