Henry II of Namur
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Henry II was the margrave of Namur
from 1226 to his death.
He was the third son of the Peter II of Courtenay, Latin Emperor and Yolanda of Flanders
. When his eldest brother, Philip II, Marquis of Namur died in 1226 without an heir, his second brother Robert
was already Latin Emperor in Constantinople, so Henry became the new Margrave of Namur, under regency of Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy
.
When his brother Robert died in 1228, Henry renounced the title of Latin Emperor, which went to his younger brother Baldwin
.
Henry died himself one year later without children, and he was succeeded by his sister Margaret
, married to Henry, count of Vianden.
Marquis of Namur
Namur was a county of the Carolingian and later Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries. Its territories largely correspond with the present-day Belgian arrondissement Namur plus the northwestern part of the arrondissement Dinant....
from 1226 to his death.
He was the third son of the Peter II of Courtenay, Latin Emperor and Yolanda of Flanders
Yolanda of Flanders
Yolanda of Flanders ruled the Latin Empire in Constantinople for her husband Peter II of Courtenay from 1217 to 1219.She was the daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Hainault, and Countess Margaret I of Flanders. Two of her brothers, Baldwin I and then Henry, were emperors in Constantinople...
. When his eldest brother, Philip II, Marquis of Namur died in 1226 without an heir, his second brother Robert
Robert of Courtenay
Robert of Courtenay , emperor of the Latin Empire, or of Constantinople, was a younger son of the emperor Peter II of Courtenay, and a descendant of the French king, Louis VI, while his mother Yolanda of Flanders was a sister of Baldwin and Henry of Flanders, the first and second emperors of the...
was already Latin Emperor in Constantinople, so Henry became the new Margrave of Namur, under regency of Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy
Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy
Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy was the eldest son and successor of Ralph I, Lord of Coucy. He succeeded as Lord of Coucy in 1191, and held it until his death; he was also lord of Marle and Boves....
.
When his brother Robert died in 1228, Henry renounced the title of Latin Emperor, which went to his younger brother Baldwin
Baldwin II of Constantinople
Baldwin II of Courtenay was the last emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.He was a younger son of Yolanda of Flanders, sister of the first two emperors, Baldwin I and Henry of Flanders...
.
Henry died himself one year later without children, and he was succeeded by his sister Margaret
Margaret, Marchioness of Namur
Margaret, Marchioness of Namur was the daughter of Peter II of Courtenay and Yolanda of Flanders.Margaret married Raoul lord of Issoudun in 1210. She succeeded her husband as Lady of Châteauneuf-sur-Cher and Mareuil-en-Berry in 1216. Soon after the death of her first husband she married Henry I,...
, married to Henry, count of Vianden.
Source
- Ch. Piot, « Henri de Courtenay », Académie royale de Belgique, Biographie nationale, vol. 9, p. 188