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Birth:          ABT 1075 of Trier, Rhineland
Death:          24 Jun 1143 

Notes
heiress of Luxemburg and Longwy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermesinde_of_Luxembourg,_Countess_of_Namur
Ermesinde of Luxembourg (c.?1080 – 24 June 1143) was a German noblewoman.

Life[edit]

She was a daughter of Count Conrad I of Luxembourg and his wife Clementia of 
Aquitaine. After the death of her nephew Conrad II in 1136, there were no surviving 
males in the House of Ardennes-Verdun and she inherited the counties of Luxembourg 
and Longwy. However, she immediately abdicated in favour of her son Henry IV and 
never actually ruled.

She is primarily known because she made a number of donations to churches and 
monasteries. Towards the end of her life, she retired to a monastery.

First marriage[edit]

In 1096, Ermesinde married Albert of Moha (c.?1065 – 24 August 1098), Count of 
Dagsburg, Eguisheim, Metz and Moha, and vogt of Altorf. This was his second 
marriage; he had earlier been married to Heilwig of Eguisheim. From his first marriage, 
he had a son named Hugh, who would later succeed him. Albert and Ermesinde had 
two daughters together:
Matilda (d. after 1157), married Count Folmar of Metz and Hombourg, who in 1135 
founded the Abbey of Beaupré
Unknown daughter, married a Count Aiulf, who is only known from a deed of 1124, in 
which Ermesinde calls her grandson Eberhard "son of Count Aiulf".

Second marriage[edit]

In 1109, Ermesinde remarried to Godfrey I, Count of Namur, the oldest son of Albert 
III, Count of Namur. This was his second marriage, too; he had earlier been married to 
Sibylle of Porcien. He had two daughters from his first marriage; which ended in 
divorce in 1104, when Sibylle was pregnant from her lover Engelram I of Coucy.

Godfrey and Ermesinde had the following children together:
Albert (d. after 1125)
Henry, who was Count of Luxembourg as Henry IV and Count of Namur as Henry I
Clemencia, married Duke Conrad I of Zähringen
Beatrix (c.?1115 – 1160), married Count Ithier, Count of Rethel of Rethel
Adelaide (1124 – end of July 1169), married Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut

Parents
____ Conrad (Konrad) I (ABT 1040 - 8 Aug 1086)
DE POITOU Clemence (1050 - 4 Jan 1142)

Siblings
DE LUXEMBURG Mathilde (ABT 1070 - )
DE LUXEMBOURG Ermensinde (ABT 1075 - 24 Jun 1143)

Marriage To VON EGISHEIM Adalbert II (Albert II) (ABT 1050 - 24 Aug 1098)
    m. ABT 1092 his 2d her 1st

Notes

Parents
VON EGISHEIM Henry (Heinrich) I (ABT 1018 - ABT 28 Jun 1065)
VON MOKA ----- (ABT 1028 - )

Children by VON EGISHEIM Adalbert II (Albert II) ABT 1050 - 24 Aug 1098
OF DAGSBURG Mathilda (ABT 1095 - AFT 1157)

Marriage To ____ Godfrey (ABT 1067 - 19 Aug 1139)
    m. ABT 1101 his 2d her 2d

Notes

Parents
____ Adalbert III (ABT 1027 - 1102)
OF SAXONY Ida (ABT 1030 - AFT 1102)

Children by ____ Godfrey ABT 1067 - 19 Aug 1139
OF NAMUR Beatrix (ABT 1105 - 1160)
____ Henry "the Blind" (ABT 1112 - 14 Aug 1196)
DE NAMUR Alice (Alix) (ABT 1115 - Jul 1169)

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