Henry II, Count of Bar
Henri II, Count of Bar | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1190 |
| Died | 13 November 1239 Gaza |
| Noble family | Montbéliard |
| Spouse(s) | Philippa de Dreux |
| Father | Theobald I, Count of Bar |
| Mother | Ermesinde of Bar-sur-Seine |
Henry II of Bar in French Henri II de Bar, in German Heinrich II von Bar (1190–13 November 1239) was a Count of Bar who reigned from 1214 to 1239. He was son of Count Theobald I of Bar and his first wife, Ermesinde of Bar-sur-Seine.[1] Henry was killed on 13 November 1239 during the Barons' Crusade, when he diverted several hundred crusaders from the main army under Theobald I of Navarre to fight a force of Ayyubid Muslims at Gaza.[2]
Spouse and children
In 1219 he married Philippa de Dreux (1192–1242),[3] the daughter of Robert II of Dreux.
Children
- Margaret of Bar (1220–1275), in 1240 she married Henry V of Luxembourg[4]
- Thiébaut II of Bar (c. 1221–1291), Succeeded his father as Count of Bar
- Henry, 1249
- Jeanne (1225–1299), married first Frédéric de Blamont who died in 1255, and second Louis V, Count of Chiny
- Renaud (died 1271)
- Erard (died 1335)
- Isabelle (died 1320)
See also
References
- ^ P. Péporté, Historiography, Collective Memory and Nation-Building in Luxembourg, (Brill, 2011), 81. – via Brill (subscription required)
- ^ Battle of Gaza (1239), Jochen Burgtorf, Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia, Vol. I, ed. Alexander Mikaberidze, (ABC-CLIO, 2011), 332.
- ^ Michael Lower, The Barons' Crusade: A Call to Arms and Its Consequences, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005), 48.
- ^ John A. Gade, Luxemburg in the Middle Ages, (E.J. Brill, 1951), 96.
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