House of Limburg

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Chapters: Luxembourgian dynasty, Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, Anne of Bohemia, Pope Stephen IX, Jobst of Moravia, John of Bohemia, Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Elizabeth of Luxembourg, Anna von Schweidnitz, Bonne of Bohemia, Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme, John Henry, Margrave of Moravia, Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Margaret of Brabant, Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, Blanche of Valois, Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, Catherine of Bohemia, Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg, Cunigunde of Luxembourg, Isabelle of Luxembourg, Baldwin of Luxembourg, Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine, Henry V, Count of Luxembourg, Godfrey I, Count of Verdun, Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg, Margaret of Bohemia, Burgravine of Nuremberg, Pierre de Luxembourg, Margaret of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria, House of Luxembourg, Ardennes-Verdun dynasty, Elisabeth of Bohemia, Anna of Bavaria, Siegfried of Luxembourg, Godfrey II, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Elisabeth, Duchess of Luxembourg, Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Limburg-Broich, Beatrice of Luxembourg, Henry V, Duke of Bavaria, Lutgardis of Luxemburg, Gérard I of Durbuy, Limburg-Styrum-Iller-Aichheim, Limburg-Styrum-Gemen, Limburg-Styrum-Styrum, Gothelo II of Lower Lorraine, Limburg-Styrum-Bronchhorst-Borkelö, Limburg-Styrum-Borkelö, William of Limburg-Broich, John of Limburg-Broich, Henry of Limburg-Broich. Excerpt: Henry VII (German: Heinrich; ca. 1275 - 24 August 1313) was the King of Germany (or Rex Romanorum) from 1308 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1312. He was the first emperor of the House of Luxembourg. During his brief career he reinvigorated the imperial cause in Italy, wracked with the partisan struggles the divided Guelf and Ghibelline, and inspired the praise of Dino Compagni and Dante Alighieri; however, his premature death undid his life's work. Born around 1275 in Valenciennes, he was a son of Count Henry VI of Luxembourg and Béatrice from the House of Avesnes. Raised at the French court, he was the lord of comparatively small properties in a peripheral and French-speaking part of the Holy Roman Empire. It was symptomatic of the empire's weakness that during his rule as the Count of Luxembourg, he agreed to become a French vassal, seeking the protection of Philip the Fair. During his rule of Luxembourg, he ruled effectively, especially in keeping the peace in local feudal disputes. Henry became caught up in the internal political machinations of the Holy Roman Empire with the assassination of King Albert I on 1 May, 1308. Almost immediately, King Philip the Fair of France began aggressively seeking support for his brother, Charles of Valois, to be elected the next King of the Romans. Believing he possessed the backing of the French Pope Clement V, his prospects of bringing the empire into the orbit of the French royal house seemed favorable, and he began lavishly spreading French money in the hope of bribing the German electors. Although Charles of Valois had the backing of Heinrich II von Virneburg, the Archbishop of Cologne, a French supporter, many were not keen to see an expansion of French power, least of all Clement V. The principal rival to Charles appeared to be Rudolf, the Count Palatine. Given his background, although he was a vassal of Philip the Fair, Henry was bound by few national ties, an aspect of his suitability as a ...