Henry IV, Count of Bar

Henry IV (* 1315/20; † December 24, 1344 ) was Count of Bar from 1336 to 1344, he was the son of Count Edward I. from the noble Scarponnois and Mary of Burgundy from the Elder House of Burgundy. .

Biography

For the first time he is mentioned in 1323, a second time in 1329, when his father tried to marry him with a daughter of John of Bohemia. When Count Edward I died in 1336, Henry refused to Duke Rudolf IV of Lorraine fealty for those of his dominions, which were subject to Lorraine, after Rudolf 1337 the area of Pont- à -Mousson, Henry owned devastated. In turn, Henry plundered the west of the duchy, after Rudolf attacked the Barrois. It took the intervention of the French king Philip VI. , To end the war.

When King Edward III. of England in 1339 threatened to invade France, Henry joined the army of Philip. The threat ended in 1340 with a contract - and led to the resurgence of fighting with Rudolf around Neufchâteau; again had to intervene Philip, to end the conflict.

When the king of England in 1344 threatened to end the ceasefire, Henry IV was a cousin of one of those noble Englishman - in addition to Duke John of Normandy, Philip's heir, Duke Odo IV of Burgundy - to Pope Clement VI. were sent to Avignon, so this set by a new contract. However, an epidemic forced the embassy to leave the city. Henry had, however, already infected, in July he left the others, in October he arrived in Vincennes, on December 24, 1344 he died.

Family

Henry IV of Bar in 1338 married Yolande de Dampierre († 1395 ), daughter of Robert de Dampierre, Count of Marle and Mr. Cassel, and Jeanne de Bretagne, granddaughter of Robert III. , Count of Flanders, Yolande of Burgundy, Countess of Nevers, Arthur II, Duke of Brittany and Yolande of Dreux, heiress County of Montfort l'Amaury. Their children were:

• Edward II († 1352), Count of Bar
• Robert I. († 1411 ), Count and later Duke of Bar