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unusual facts about Walram, Count of Jülich



County of Nassau

The boundary line was essentially the Lahn, with Otto receiving the northern part of the county with the cities of Siegen, Dillenburg, Herborn and Haiger and Walram retaining the section south of the river, including the cities of Weilburg and Idstein.

House of Nassau

The descendants of Walram became known as the Walram Line, which became important in the Countship of Nassau and Luxembourg.

1198–1230: Robert IV - son of Walram I; from 1230–1240: Knight of the Teutonic Order

Philip IV, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

As Philip had no sons, his territories were inherited by his nephew Louis II of Nassau-Weilburg, who then held all the territories of the Walram line of Nassau.

Walram II, Count of Nassau

Walram received all of his father's lands south the Lahn River including Wiesbaden, Idstein, Weilburg and Sonnenberg.

Walram, Count of Jülich

Walram, Count of Jülich (1240/45 – Battle of Furnes, August 20, 1297) was the second son of William IV, Count of Jülich and Richardis of Guelders, daughter of Gerard III, Count of Guelders.

In the Battle of Woeringen in 1288 he captured Archbishop Siegfried, which enabled him to gain supremacy over the Archbishop.

Walram died the year after their marriage and his brother Gerhard succeeded him as Count of Jülich.

In 1296, Walram married Marie of Brabant-Aarschot (c. 1278 – 25 February 1332), daughter of Godfrey of Brabant and Jeanne, dame de Vierzon.

William of Jülich

An extra incentive for this support could have been the murder of his uncle Walram, Count of Jülich by the French after the Battle of Bulskamp in 1297.


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