Reign c. 1135 – 1146 Mother Agnes von Mainz Parents Arnold I, Count of Loon Children Louis I, Count of Loon | Spouse Aleide
(m. 1100) Died 1146 Successor Louis I, Count of Loon Grandparent Emmo of Loon | |
Predecessor Arnold I, Count of Loon Issue Louis I, Count of Loon
Gerard, Count of Rieneck
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Arnold II (died 1146), Count of Looz, son of Arnold I, Count of Looz, and Agnes von Mainz, daughter of Gerhard I, Count of Rieneck, and Helwig von Bliescastel.
In 1129, Gislebert, Count of Duras, sought to seize the property of the Abbey of Sint-Truiden. [Giselbert was the grandson of his namesake Giselbert, Count of Looz.] A war developed between Giselbert and the supporters of the abbot Radulphe, whose allies included Arnold, Théoger, Bishop of Metz, Alexander I of_Jülich, Bishop of Liege, and Waleran II, Duke of Lower Lorraine. Gislbert’s supporters included Giselbert’s brother-in-law Godfrey the Bearded, Count of Louvain, and Thierry of Alsace, Count of Flanders. The decisive battle took place on August 7, 1129 at Wilderen where Gislebert and his allies were defeated, but peace did not return in 1131.
In 1131, he founded the Abbey of Averbode, giving home to the Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré that St. Norbert had created.
Arnold had an outstanding reputation among his contemporaries, frequently being the arbiter in disputes between neighbors. In particular, he succeeded in bringing about a reconciliation between Dirk VI, Count of Holland, and Giselbert’s son Otto II, to get Herman van Horne, grandson of Emmo, Count of Looz, recognized as Bishop of Utrecht. He was welcomed with great distinction at the court of the emperors of Germany, and his name frequently appears among the witnesses mentioned in the charters granted by Emperors Henry IV, Henry V and Lothair II, and King of Germany Conrad III.
Arnold married Aleide, of unknown parentage, in 1100. Arnold and Adeide had five children:
Arnold was succeeded as Count of Looz by his son Louis.