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Birth:          ABT 1059 of Limburg, Belgium
Death:          ABT 1119 

Notes
http://www.smokykin.com/ged/f004/f29/a0042915.htm
Pfalzgrave of the Rhine and of Lorraine
Adherent to the Emperor Henry IV in his quarrel with his son
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry,_Duke_of_Lower_Lorraine
Henry I (c.? 1059 – c. 1119) was the count of Limburg and Arlon from 1082 to his 
death and duke of Lower Lorraine between 1101 and 1106. He was the son of 
Waleran I of Limburg and Jutta, daughter of Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine.

He opposed Egilbert, Archbishop of Trier, and took back some property which the 
former Countess Adela had given to the church. Egilbert summoned him to return them, 
but he refused and was excommunicated. Egilbert took up arms and seriously defeated 
him.

As advocate of the abbey of Sint-Truiden, a title he had inherited from his father, he 
intervened in the internal affairs of the abbey. The abbot Herman, named by Poppo, 
Bishop of Metz, and supported by Godfrey of Bouillon and Henry, fell out with the 
Emperor Henry IV and the abbey was transferred to the authority of Arnold, Count of 
Loon. Arnold forced Henry and Godfrey to withdraw from the monastery.

After many local nobles left on the First Crusade, among them Godfrey, Henry's power 
in the region of Belgica was greatly increased and he abused it, especially against the 
monasteries. The emperor intervened and took Limburg in July 1101. Henry was now 
forced to make submission and he was granted the duchy of Lower Lorraine, which 
Godfrey had abandoned on Crusade.

As duke, he fell into competition with Godfrey I of Louvain. He demonstrated little in 
the way of loyalty to the emperor either. He joined Henry V against his father the 
emperor, but then turned back to the emperor's side. This was unfortunate for the 
duke, for the emperor died in 1106 and the partisans of Henry V attacked those of his 
father. The fields of Belgia were devastated, Limburg was taken, and Henry was 
imprisoned in Hildesheim. The duchy was transferred to Godfrey of Louvain.

Henry later escaped and tried to retake Limburg and Lower Lorraine. He failed and 
made peace with the new emperor and duke. He continued nevertheless to employ the 
ducal title as "Duke of Limburg," the first of a long line. He also readily joined revolts 
against Henry V, fighting at the side of Lothair, Duke of Saxony at the victories of 
Andernach in 1114 and Welphesholt on 11 February 1115. He was succeeded by his 
son Waleran.

He married Adelaide of Pottenstein (1061–1106), a daughter of Botho of Pottenstein 
(or Potenstein) and Judith of Schweinfurt, the daughter of Otto III, Duke of Swabia. 
They had the aforementioned Waleran and three daughters. One daughter, Adelaide, 
married Conrad I, Duke of Merania. Henry may also have been the father of Simon, 
Constable of Jerusalem after the First Crusade.

Parents
____ Waleran (Walram) II (ABT 1010 - ABT 1070)
DE LUXEMBOURG Jutta (ABT 1040 - )

Siblings
____ Henri I (ABT 1059 - ABT 1119)

Marriage To VON POTTENSTEIN Adele (Adelheid) (1061 - 1106)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
VON POTTENSTEIN Botho "the Bold" (ABT 1026 - 1 Mar 1104)
VON SCHWEINFURT Judith (ABT 1040 - ABT 1100)

Children by VON POTTENSTEIN Adele (Adelheid) 1061 - 1106
____ Waleran (Walram) III "Paganus" (ABT 1085 - 6 Aug 1139)
DE LIMBURG Mathilde (ABT 1090 - )

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