Henry VI ( – 5 June 1288) was

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and

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from the death of his father, Henry V the Blond, in 1281 until his own death at the

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, seven years later, when he was succeeded by his son, Henry VII.

Life

Henry was the son of Henry V the Blond and Margaret of Bar. His father took part in Saint Louis's crusade against

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and he continued this war, being killed alongside three of his brothers at the

Battle of Worringen The Battle of Worringen was fought on 5 June 1288 near the town of Worringen (also spelled Woeringen), which is now the northernmost borough of Cologne. It was the decisive battle of the War of the Limburg Succession, fought for the possession ...

by a knight of John I, Duke of Brabant.

Issue

Henry married

Beatrice d'Avesnes Beatrice d'Avesnes (died: 1321) was a daughter of Baldwin of Avesnes and his wife Felicitas of Coucy. Baldwin was the son of Bouchard IV of Avesnes. She married in 1265 Count Henry VI of LuxembourgJohn A. Gades, ''Luxemburg in the Middle Ages'', ...

(d. 1 March 1321, daughter of Baldwin and granddaughter of

Bouchard IV of Avesnes Burchard IV or Bouchard IV (1182–1244) was the lord of Avesnes and Étrœungt. He was the son of James of Avesnes and Adela of Guise and brother of Walter, Count of Blois.(FR)Henri Platelle, ''Présence de l'au-delà: une vision médiévale du ...

) around 1260–1 and they had three sons, two of whom attained the highest honours and excellence: * Henry VII, who was elected

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in 1308 and

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in 1309 * Walram, Lord of Dourlers, Thirimont, and Consorre, died at the siege of Brescia in 1311 * Margaret, Prioress of Marienthal * Felicitas, Lady of Gaesbeck * Baldwin,

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