Count Henry VII of Luxembourg 
Henry was born about 1274 in Valenciennes, Hainaut, Belgium. Henry's father was Count Henry VI of Luxembourg and his mother was Beatrice of Avesnes. His paternal grandparents were Count Henry III or II of Luxembourg and Margaret von Bar; his maternal grandfather was Count Baudouin de Beaumont of Avensnes and his maternal grandmother is Fbelicitbe de Coucy. He was an only child. He died on August 24th, 1313 in Buonconvento, Siena, Italy.General Notes
Henry VII (b. c1269/74, Valenciennes, Hainaut--d. 24 Aug 1313, Buonconvento, near Siena, Italy), count of Luxembourg (as Henry IV), German King (from 1308), and Holy Roman Emperor (from 1312) who strengthened the position of his family by obtaining the throne of Bohemia for his son. He failed, however, in his attempt to bind Italy firmly to the empire.
Henry succeeded his father, Henry III, as Count of Luxembourg in 1288. He was chosen German King in November 1308 at Frankfurt and was crowned at Aachen the following January, becoming the first German King of the House of Luxembourg.
Bohemia was acquired through the Bohemian princess Elizabeth, who, in exchange for imperial assistance in her attempt to seize the throne of Bohemia from her brother-in-law Henry of Carinthia, offered her hand in marriage to Henry's son John of Luxembourg. Following their marriage on 30 Aug 1310, the couple set out for Bohemia, accompanied by a German-Bohemian army, which captured Prague on 19 Dec 1310, and installed John as King of Bohemia. [Encyclopedia Britannica]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1111 in Lorraine, France d.06 Aug 1139 in Rome, Italy
- b.~ 1140 in Limbourg, Limbourg, Belgium d.21 Jun 1221
- b.1113/1122 in Lorraine, France d.02 Jan 1145
- b.1180 in Limbourg d.02 Jul 1226 in Rolduc
- b.~ 1120 d.23 Jun 1181
- b.1150 in Saar, Germany
- b.~ 1127
- b.1217 in Luxembourg d.24 Nov 1281
- b.1067/1073 in Namur, Namur, Belgium d.1139
- d.1196
- b.1075/1080 in Trier, Rhineland, Germany d.24 Jun 1143
- b.Jul 1186 in Namur, Belgium d.1247
- b.1249 in Luxembourg d.05 Jun 1288
- b.1120 in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, Franc d.25 Jul 1170
- b.1140/1158 in Lorraine or Luxembourg d.13 Feb 1213/1214
- b.ABT 1125/1138 in Champagne d.07 Aug 1207
- b.~ 1190 in Bar-Le-Duc, Meuse, Argonne/Lorraine, France d.~13 Nov 1239 in Gaza, Palestine
- b.ABT 1110/1140 in Bar-sur-Sein, Aube, Champagne, France d.ABT 1145/1159
- b.1160/1170 in Bar-sur-Sein, Aube, Champagne, France d.1211
- b.ABT 1115/1145 in Chacenay, Champagne, France
- b.ABT 1220/1222 in Bar-Le-Duc, Meuse, Argonne/Lorraine, France d.25 Nov 1275
- b.~ 1123 in Reims, Champagne, France d.11 Oct 1184/1185 in Braine, Champagne, France
- b.~ 1154 in Braine, Aisne, Picardy, France d.28 Dec 1218
- b.~ 1130 in France d.11 Jul 1218 in France
- b.1192 in Braine, Aisne, Picardy, France d.17 Mar 1240
- b.~ 1139 in Boves, Somme, France d.01 Nov 1191 in Siege Of Acre, Palestine
- b.~ 1164 in Boves, France d.18 Mar 1222
- b.~ 1141 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium d.ABT 1168/1173
- b.~ 1274 in Valenciennes, Hainaut, Belgium d.24 Aug 1313 in Buonconvento, Siena, Italy
- b.1129 in Oizy, Namur, Belgium d.1171 in Avesnes, Artois/Pas-de-Calais, France
- b.1153 d.07 Sep 1191 in Arsouf, Palestine
- b.1133 in LaRoche, Belgium
- b.1180/1182 in Oizy, Namur, Belgium d.1244 in Clairefontaine, Autelbas, Luxembourg, Belgium
- b.1133
- b.1155 in Guise, Aisne, France
- b.1137 in Guise, Aisne, France
- b.1219 in Oizy, Namur, Belgium d.10 Apr 1295 in Avesnes, Pas-DE-Calais, Normandy, France
- b.1150 in Hainault, France d.17 Dec 1195 in Mons, Hainault, Belgium
- b.Jul 1171 in Valenciennes, France d.11 Jun 1205 in Adrianople, Turkey
- b.~ 1135 in Alsace, Lorraine, France d.15 Nov 1194
- b.02 Jun 1202 in Constantinople, Constantinople, Turkey d.10 Feb 1280
- b.1126/1127 d.17 Mar 1181
- b.1174 in Champagne, France d.09 Aug 1204
- b.1138/1145 d.11 Mar 1198
- b.1242 in Beaumont, Hainaut, Belgium d.1321
- b.~ 1110 in Boves, Somme, France d.ABT 1148/1149 in Palestine
- b.~ 1139 in Boves, Somme, France d.01 Nov 1191 in Siege Of Acre, Palestine
- b.~ 1112 in Beaugency, Loiret, France
- b.1185 in Coucy, Ardenne, France d.24 Aug 1243
- b.~ 1123 in Reims, Champagne, France d.11 Oct 1184/1185 in Braine, Champagne, France
- b.ABT 1145/1146 in Dreux, Eure-Et-Loire, France d.> 1217
- b.~ 1130 in France d.11 Jul 1218 in France
- b.~ 1220 in Coucy, Ardenne, France
- b.~ 1140 in Rethel, Ardenne, France d.1200
- b.~ 1180 in Rethel, Ardenne, France d.1229
- b.~ 1160 in Germany
- b.~ 1200 in Rethel, Ardenne, France
- b.~ 1145 in Broyes, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1180 in Broyes, Normandy, France d.1257
- b.1165 in Joigny, Yonne, Bourgogne, France
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They had a son named John.
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Children
King John of Bohemia
John was born on August 10th, 1296 in Luxembourg. He died due to in battle of Crecy, France vs. the English at the age of 50 on August 26th, 1346 in Crecy, France.
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