Henry II of Limbourg, born around 1111, died in Rome in August 1165, the Limbourg was Duke and the Count of Arlon of 1139 to 1165. He was the son of Waleran II, the Duke of Limbourg and Lower Lorraine, and Jutte Gelderland.
He succeeded his father as Duke of Limbourg, but the Emperor Conrad III refused to leave the Lower Lorraine, which it attributed to Godefroid de Louvain II. Henry II continued, however, to be called the Duke of Limbourg. Refusing to accept the loss of the Duchy of Lower Lorraine, he attacked Godefroid II, but was finally defeated. Godfrey died in 1142, leaving a minor son, but Henri busy fighting the lord of Fauquemont, not only took the fight. In 1147, he inherited County Arlon, Waleran his brother had died without children
Conrad promised him another feud that Lotharingie, he reconciled with him, but remained in Europe, while the emperor and an important part of the nobility undertook in the second crusade. Henri then came often to the imperial court and attended the coronation of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.
The Lower Lorraine was troubled by several struggles, including that of Count Limbourg against Count Henri de Namur blind. The town of Andenne was taken and completely looted and burned. Then Henry II fought Godfrey III of Louvain. The difficulties faced Count Limbourg fit that the two lords met and made peace in 1155. Occasionally, Margaret, the daughter of Henry, married Godefroid.
He accompanied then Frederick Barbarossa in its shipments in Italy, where the emperor fought against the papacy and cities of Lombardy. In 1167, he accompanied the new Frederic Italy, but the imperial army was decimated by the plague. Henry II counted among the victims.
Marriages and children [edit]
He married in the first wedding in 1136 of Saffenberg Mathilde (1113 † 1145) and had:
* Marguerite (1138 † 1172), married in 1155 at Godfrey III (1142 † 1190), Duke of Lower Lorraine and Count de Louvain
* Henry III (1140 1221), Duke of Limbourg
Widowed, he remarried in 1150 with Laurette d'Alsace († 1175), daughter of Thierry d'Alsace, Count of Flanders and Marguerite de Clermont. It is separate in 1152.
Henry de Limbourg II 
