Walram II Limbourg, said Payen, born around 1085 and died in 1139, was the Duke of Earl of Limbourg and Arlon of 1119 to 1139 and the Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1128 to 1139. He was the son of Henry I, duke of Limbourg and Lower Lorraine, and Adelaide of Pottenstein.
His nickname came from a Payen late baptism. In 1101, his father had received from the emperor, Henry IV, the Duchy of Lower Lorraine, but in 1106, Emperor Henry V had withdrawn him to give it to Godfrey de Louvain. The results were a hate ente families Limbourg in Leuven. Henry V died in 1125, and the new Emperor Lothair II withdrew the Lower Lorraine to Godefroy de Louvain, to give Waleran. Obviously, Godefroy would not cede the Duchy Waleran and prevented from exercising his new functions. The dispute quickly turned into armed struggle, on the occasion of unrest about the abbey of Saint-Trond. In 1129, Walram and the bishop of Liege, Alexandre de Juliers, défirent Godefroy Wilderen. Later the two rivals will réconcilièrent but Godefroy continued to hold the title of Duke of Lower Lorraine. After the death of Walram, Lower Lorraine was made to the son of Godfrey de Louvain, also named Godfrey.
After the death of Lothair II, Waleran supported the election of Conrad III of Hohenstaufen and he remained faithful. In 1129, he became solicitor and forestry master of Duisburg.
Marriage and children [edit]
He was married to 1110 Jutte Gelderland (1087 † 1151), Wassenberg lady, daughter of Gerard I Flaminius, Count of Gelderland. They were:
* Henry II (1111 1167), Duke of Limbourg
* Gerard, Lord of Wassenberg, cited in 1148 and 1166
* Waleran, Count d'Arlon, who died after 1145
* Beatrice, married before 1135 Robert I, Count of Laurenburg
* Adelaide, married to Ekbert, Count of Tecklenbourg
Walram de Limbourg II (Waleran) 
