Philippa of Luxembourg (1252 – 6 April 1311) was the daughter of Count
Henry V of Luxembourg
Henry V the Blondell (1216 – 24 December 1281), called the Great, was the Count of Arlon from 1226 to his death, Lord of Ligny from 1240 to his death, Count of Luxembourg and Laroche from 1247 to his death, and the Marquis of Namur between ...
and his wife,
Marguerite of Bar. She married
John II, Count of Holland
John II (1247 – 22 August 1304) was Count of Hainaut, Holland, and Zeeland.
Life
John II, born 1247, was the eldest son of John I of Hainaut and Adelaide of Holland.Detlev Schwennicke, ''Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte d ...
.
[M. A. Pollock, ''Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296'', (The Boydell Press, 2015), xv.] Two of her granddaughters were
Queen Philippa of England, and
Margaret II,
Countess of Hainault in her own right and wife of Holy Roman Emperor
Louis IV.
The children of John II of Holland and Philippa of Luxembourg included:
* John (died 1302)
* Henry (died 1303), a canon in
Cambrai
Cambrai (, ; ; ), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord department and in the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river, which is known locally as the Escaut river.
A sub-pref ...
* Simon
*
William I, Count of Hainaut
William the Good (, ; – 7 June 1337) was count of Hainaut (as William I), Avesnes, Holland (as William III), and Zeeland (as William II) from 1304 to his death.
Career
William, born , was the son of John II, Count of Hainaut, and Philipp ...
, father of
Queen Philippa and
Margaret II
*
John (Jean) (1288–1356), Seigneur de Beaumont. Married
Marguerite, Countess of Soissons.
* Margaret (died 1342), wife of
Robert II of Artois
Robert II (September 1250 – 11 July 1302) was the Count of Artois, the posthumous son and heir of Robert I and Matilda of Brabant. He was a nephew of two kings; Louis IX of France and Charles I of Sicily.
A capable military commander and ad ...
* Alix (died 1317), wife of
Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk
Roger Bigod (c. 1245 – bf. 6 December 1306) was 5th Earl of Norfolk.
Origins
He was the son of Hugh Bigod (Justiciar), Hugh Bigod (1211–1266), Justiciar, and succeeded his father's elder brother Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk (1209� ...
* Isabelle (died 1305), wife of
Raoul de Clermont, Seigneur de Nesle.
* Jeanne, nun at Fontenelles
*
Mary of Avesnes (1280–1354), wife of
Louis I, Duke of Bourbon
* Matilda, Abbess of
Nivelles
Nivelles (; ; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. The Nivelles municipality includes the former municipalities of Baulers, Bornival, Thines, and Monstreux.
The Nivelles arrondissement ...
* Willem de Cuser (born 1290, date of death unknown)
References
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Philippa de Luxembourg
1252 births
1311 deaths
13th-century Luxembourgian women
13th-century Luxembourgian people
Countesses of Holland
Countesses of Hainaut
House of Limburg
Avesnes family
Daughters of counts
14th-century Luxembourgian women
14th-century Luxembourgian people
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