Counts of Limburg Hohenlimburg and Broich

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rdf:langString The house of Limburg Hohenlimburg (later Limburg-Hohenlimburg-Broich) took its name in the 12th century from the county of Limburg on the river Lenne in today's Germany. After Diederick of Isenberg had claimed part of the former property of his father Frederik of Isenberg with the help of uncle Duke Hendrik of Limburg, he built the Hohenlimburg castle on the river Lenne. His youngest son Everhart succeeded him in the county at the end of the 13th century and is the ancestor of the family branch of the counts of Limburg Hohenlimburg and Broich. His eldest brother Johan (1247-1277), died at the age of thirty, left three children. The Counts of Limburg Hohenlimburg and Broich were not only a count by name (title), but actually ruled the county of Limburg-Lenne until the first quarter of the 16th century. The last count Johan (1464-1511) who had no descendants of his own. None of his only two male relatives, cousins Diederick and Adolf of Limburg, sons of his former godfather Johan of Limburg (1421-1472), had inheritance rights, as explained below. To prevent the family of his former wife Von Neuenahr from taking the county, Count Johan adopted his cousin Irmgard of Sayn at her marriage to Winrich of Daun. She and her husband inherited the county.

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