Henry 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Spouse and children[]

In 1219 he married Philippa de Dreux (1192–1242),^[3] the daughter of Robert II of Dreux.^[4]

Children[]

• Margaret of Bar (1220–1275), in 1240 she married Henry V of Luxembourg^[5]
• Thiébaut II of Bar (c. 1221–1291),^[4] 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)

See also[]

• Umm al-Naser Mosque

References[]

Sources[]

• Burgtorf, Jochen (2011). "Battle of Gaza (1239)". In Mikaberidze, Alexander (ed.). Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia. Vol. I. ABC-CLIO. |volume= has extra text (help)
• Gade, John A. (1951). Luxemburg in the Middle Ages. E.J. Brill.
• Lower, Michael (2005). The Barons' Crusade: A Call to Arms and Its Consequences. University of Pennsylvania Press.
• Péporté, P. (2011). Historiography, Collective Memory and Nation-Building in Luxembourg. Brill.
• Richard, Jean (1983). Lloyd, Simon (ed.). Saint Louis, Crusader King of France. Translated by Birrell, Jean. Cambridge University Press.

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