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Henry II, Count of Bar

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Name
  
Henry Count


Parents
  
Theobald I, Count of Bar

Father
  
Theobald I, Count of Bar

Mother
  
Ermesinde of Bar-sur-Seine

Died
  
November 13, 1239, Gaza City, State of Palestine

Spouse
  
Philippa of Dreux (m. 1219)

Children
  
Theobald II, Count of Bar, Margaret of Bar

Grandchildren
  
Isabelle of Luxembourg, Henry III, Count of Bar

Noble family
  
House of Montbeliard

Grandparents
  
Reginald II, Count of Bar

Henry II of Bar in French Henri II de Bar, in German Heinrich II von Bar (1190–13 November 1239) was a Count of Bar who reigned from 1214 to 1239. He was son of Count Theobald I of Bar and his first wife, Ermesinde of Bar-sur-Seine. Henry was killed on 13 November 1239 during the Barons' Crusade, when he diverted several hundred crusaders from the main army under Theobald I of Navarre to fight a force of Ayyubid Muslims at Gaza.

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Spouse and children

In 1219 he married Philippa de Dreux (1192–1242), the daughter of Robert II of Dreux.

Children

  • Margaret of Bar (1220–1275), in 1240 she married Henry V of Luxembourg
  • Thiébaut II of Bar (c. 1221–1291), Succeeded his father as Count of Bar
  • Henry, 1249
  • Jeanne (1225–1299), married first Frédéric de Blamont who died in 1255, and second Louis V, Count of Chiny
  • Renaud (died 1271)
  • Erard (died 1335)
  • Isabelle (died 1320)

    • References

    Henry II, Count of Bar Wikipedia
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