County of Loon

The county of Loon (sometimes Loen or Looz in francophone countries ) is a former county, which corresponds roughly to the present-day Belgian province of Limburg, with the exception of the cities of Tongeren and Sint -Truiden. It included the towns of Beringen, Blizen Loon, Bree, Hamont, Hasselt, Herk- de -Stad, Maaseik, Peer and Stokkem.

History

The county of Loon was first mentioned in the year 1000 and was probably made from the remains of the Carolingian county Haspengauw. Founder of the county was Otto Graf in the Betuwe or his son Giselbert. Their descendant of Count Gerhard II had in 1190 the supremacy of the bishopric of Liège and recognize the Bishop as heirs in the event that no male offspring were present.

By 1200, the residence of the counts was moved to Hasselt. 1227 Count Arnold IV inherited by his marriage with Jeanne de Chiny out of the house Chiny Chiny the county. 1336 went out the house Loon with the death of Count Louis IV. His nephew Dietrich von Heinberg, the brother of the Bishop of Liège Adolf von der Mark, the inheritance could begin, as the bishop renounced the claim. Godfrey of Heinberg, Lord of Dalenbroeck and Dietrich's nephew, inherited Loon 1361, but had to give way to the Loon in 1362 took up the new bishop Engelbert of the Mark. Gottfried sold his rights to Loon to his cousin Arnold of Rümmingen ( Arnoul de Rumigny ), which tried in vain to conquer the county, and in 1366 finally declared his resignation. The Prince-Bishop of Liège now assumed the title of Count of Loon, giving priority to pass the institutions of the county and the county had a degree of autonomy, an injunction, which was confirmed in 1522.

After the battle of Fleurus (1794 ) and the French occupation of the left bank of the Rhine was Loon integrated into the Meuse - Inférieure.

Counts of Loon

House Loon

  • Otto, grandson of Rudolf von Haspinga, Graf in the Betuwe; ∞ Luitgard of Namur, daughter of Albert I, Count of Namur and Ermengarde of Lower Lorraine
  • Giselbert († 1044 or 1046 ), whose son; ∞ Erlende de Jodoigne
  • Emmon († 1078 ), whose son; ∞ Suanehilde, daughter of Dietrich III. , Count of West Friesland, and Othelendis of Nordmark.
  • Arnold I. ( 1060 † 1126 ), whose son; ∞ Agnes of Mainz; his second son John founded the flourishing line until today Looz - Corswarem
  • Gerhard I ( † 1103), whose son
  • Arnold II ( † before 1141 ), son of Arnold I.; ∞ Agnes
  • Louis I (about 1125 to 1130, † 1171 ), whose son; ∞ Agnes of Metz, daughter of Folmar V, Count of Metz, and Matilda of Dabo
  • Gerhard II († 1191 ), whose son; ∞ Adelheid von Geldern, daughter of Henry I, Count of funds, and Agnes von Arnstein
  • Ludwig II († 1218 ), whose son; ∞ Ada, Countess of Holland, daughter of Count Dietrich VII and Adelaide of Cleves
  • Heinrich ( † 1218 ), whose brother, a canon in Saint -Lambert in Liege, Count of Loon during Mindjährigkeit Arnold IV
  • Arnold III. († 1221 ), whose brother, Count of Loon Rieneck and during the minority of Arnold IV; ∞ Adelaide of Brabant ( 1190, † 1265 ), daughter of Henry I, Duke of Brabant and Mathilde of Alsace
  • Ludwig III. († 1243 ), Count of Loon, his nephew, son of Gerhard III. , Count of Rieneck, and Cunegonde of rooms, dispensed in 1227 in favor of his brother Loon
  • Arnold IV († 1273), Count of Loon and Count of Chiny ( Arnold II ), whose brother, son of Gerhard III, Count of Rieneck, and Cunegonde of rooms.; ∞ Johanna Countess of Chiny ( 1205 † 1271) (House Chiny )
  • John I († 1279 ), whose older brother; ∞ I 1258 Mathilde von Jülich, daughter of William IV, Count of Jülich, and Mathilde of funds; ∞ Isabelle II de Condé
  • (. Arnold III) Arnold V, Count of Loon and Chiny his son from his first marriage, Chiny occurs from 1313 to his son; ∞ Margaret of Vianden.
  • Louis VI. († 1336 ), Count of Looz ( Louis IV ) and Chiny, his son; ∞ Margaret of Lorraine († 1348 ), daughter of Duke Theobald II of Lorraine, and Isabelle de Rumigny.

House Heinberg

  • Dietrich von Heinberg († 1361 ), Count of Looz and Chiny, his nephew, son of Godfrey of Heinberg and Mathilde von Looz; ∞ Cunegond of the Mark
  • Gottfried von Heinberg ( 1325 † 1395 ), Lord of Dalen Broich, his nephew, son of John of Heinberg, Mr. Dalen Broich, and Catherine of Voorne; He received Loon and Chiny from his uncle, but lost Loon to the Bishop of Liege; Gottfried sold at Loon.

House Rumigny

  • Arnold of Rümmingen, son of Guillaume d' Oreye.

Bishops of Liège

The county is drawn by Bishop Engelbert of the Mark. All following him bishops of Liege by the year 1794 are formally also Count of Loon.

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