Reginald I of Guelders (1255 – October 9, 1326 in Monfort) was

Count of Guelders Guelders is a historical duchy, previously county, of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the Low Countries. Counts House of Wassenberg * before 1096–about 1129: Gerard I * about 1129–about 1131: Gerard II, son of Gerard I * about 1131–11 ...

and

Zutphen Zutphen () is a city and municipality located in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It lies some northeast of Arnhem, on the eastern bank of the river IJssel at the point where it is joined by the Berkel. First mentioned in the 11th centur ...

from January 10, 1271, until his death. Battle of Worringen 1288

Life

He was the son of

Otto II, Count of Guelders Otto II, Count of Guelders (c. 1215 – 1 January 1271) was a nobleman from the 13th century. He was the son of Gerard III, Count of Guelders and Margaretha of Brabant. Life After Count William II (1227–1256) was slain in 1256 by Frisians ...

and

Philippe of Dammartin Philippe of Dammartin (Philippa de Dammartin) was a 13th-century noblewoman. Philippe was the daughter of Marie, Countess of Ponthieu, and her husband, Simon of Dammartin. She was the sister of Joan, Countess of Ponthieu, wife of Ferdinand III of ...

. In 1276 he married

Ermengarde of Limburg Ermengarde (died 1283) was the ruling suo jure Duchess of Limburg from 1279 to 1283. She was the daughter of Judith of Kleve and Waleran IV, Duke of Limburg. She was named after her paternal grandmother. It is possible she was the only child of ...

of Limburg, only daughter and heiress of Waleran IV, Duke of Limburg. In 1279 he became Duke of Limburg ''jure uxoris'' and when Ermengarde died childless in 1283, he ruled alone in the

Duchy of Limburg The Duchy of Limburg or Limbourg was an imperial estate of the Holy Roman Empire. Much of the area of the duchy is today located within Liège Province of Belgium, with a small portion in the municipality of Voeren, an Enclave and exclave, excla ...

. Reginald was captured by Daniel van Bouchout during the

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

in 1288. He was released after he had renounced all claims to the

. In 1286 he remarried Margaret of Flanders (1272–1331), daughter of

Guy, Count of Flanders Guy of Dampierre (; ) ( – 7 March 1305, Compiègne) was the Count of Flanders (1251–1305) and List of rulers of Namur, Marquis of Namur (1264–1305). He was a prisoner of the French when his Flemings defeated the latter at the Battle of ...

"Margaret, d 1331 (daughter of Guy, Count of Flanders)", University of Edinburgh
/ref> from his second marriage, with

Isabelle of Luxembourg Isabelle of Luxembourg (c. 1247–1298) was a countess consort of Flanders and a marquise consort of Namur by marriage to Guy of Dampierre. Life She was the daughter of Henry V of Luxembourg and Margaret of Bar. Isabelle was a member of the Hou ...

. They had 5 children: * Reginald II (1295–1343) * Margaret, married

Dietrich VIII, Count of Cleves Dietrich VIII ( – 7 July 1347) was Count of Cleves from 1310 until his death in 1347. Dietrich was the son of Dietrich VII, Count of Cleves and his second wife Margaret of Habsburg. He succeeded in 1310 his half-brother Otto, Count of Cle ...

* Guy * Elisabeth (died 1354), abbess at Cologne * Philippa, nun at Cologne. Financially ruined after the

, Guelders came under the influence of his father-in-law, the Count of Flanders.
From 1318, he was replaced by his son, who imprisoned his father in 1320 in the Montfort Castle and governed as "son of the Count". Reginald I died there 6 years later.

References

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