Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg

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, 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.

Issue

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:

• Henry VII, 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
• Margaret, Prioress of Marienthal
• Felicitas, Lady of Gaesbeck
• Baldwin, Archbishop-Elector of Trier

Sources

• 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

• 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