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In 1278, Walram succeeded his father as Count of Jülich when his father and his elder brother, William, were slain together in Aachen. He served as Provost at Aachen as late as 1279/1280. Walram was a fierce opponent of the Archbishop of Cologne and a partisan of the Duke of Brabant in the [[War of the Limburg Succession|War of succession for Limburg]]. In the [[Battle of Woeringen]] in 1288 he captured [[Siegfried II of Westerburg|Archbishop Siegfried]], which enabled him to gain supremacy over the Archbishop. He won Zülpich among others and secured his other fiefs.<br> |
In 1278, Walram succeeded his father as Count of Jülich when his father and his elder brother, William, were slain together in Aachen. He served as Provost at Aachen as late as 1279/1280. Walram was a fierce opponent of the Archbishop of Cologne and a partisan of the Duke of Brabant in the [[War of the Limburg Succession|War of succession for Limburg]]. In the [[Battle of Woeringen]] in 1288 he captured [[Siegfried II of Westerburg|Archbishop Siegfried]], which enabled him to gain supremacy over the Archbishop. He won Zülpich among others and secured his other fiefs.<br> |
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Walram was killed in the [[Battle of Furnes]] on August 20 1297, fighting alongside [[Guy, Count of Flanders]] against the French. |
Walram was killed in the [[Battle of Furnes]] on August 20, 1297, fighting alongside [[Guy, Count of Flanders]] against the French. |
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Revision as of 04:04, 2 January 2012
Walram, Count of Jülich (1240/45 - Battle of Furnes, August 20 1297) was the second son of William IV, Count of Jülich and Richardis of Guelders, daughter of Gerard III, Count of Guelders.[1]
In 1278, Walram succeeded his father as Count of Jülich when his father and his elder brother, William, were slain together in Aachen. He served as Provost at Aachen as late as 1279/1280. Walram was a fierce opponent of the Archbishop of Cologne and a partisan of the Duke of Brabant in the War of succession for Limburg. In the Battle of Woeringen in 1288 he captured Archbishop Siegfried, which enabled him to gain supremacy over the Archbishop. He won Zülpich among others and secured his other fiefs.
Walram was killed in the Battle of Furnes on August 20, 1297, fighting alongside Guy, Count of Flanders against the French.
Family and children
In 1296, Walram married Marie of Brabant-Aarschot (c.1278 - 25 February 1332), daughter of Godfrey of Brabant and Jeanne, dame de Vierzon. Marie was the heiress of both Aarschot and Vierzon. Walram died the year after their marriage and his brother Gerhard succeeded him as Count of Jülich. Marie married again in 1323 to Robert of Beaumont and at her death Vierzon went to her sister Elisabeth who had married Walram's brother Gerhard. Walram and Marie had one son:
- William (1297/98 - 31 October 1311), Canon of St. Marian at Aachen
References
- ^ Walther Möller, Stammtafeln westdeutscher Adelsgeschlechter im Mittelalter (Darmstadt, 1922, reprint Verlag Degener & Co., 1995), Vol. 1, page 14.