ERMESINDE

1186 - 1247  (60 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	ERMESINDE,
  Birth	Jul 1186  [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Royalty & Nobility	Countess of Luxembourg
  Death	12 Feb 1247
  Person ID	I17314	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	BLIND, Henry the,   b. 1113   d. 14 Aug 1196 (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Living
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F12772	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	WALERAN, III,   b. 1165   d. 2 Jul 1226, Rolduc, Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands (Age 61 years)
  Children	+ 1. BLONDELL, Henry V the,   b. 1216   d. 24 Dec 1281 (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F12771	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2024

  
  

• Notes

  According to legend, Ermesinde saw the Virgin Mary, and planned the construction on that spot of the Clairefontaine Abbey.[1] In her will she asked that she be buried at this location. The abbey was built by her son, Henry V.[3] After many years, the abbey was destroyed in the late 18th century by French troops. In 1747, shortly before the old abbey was destroyed by French troops, the nuns had hidden Ermesinde's remains in a chapel, where they were found by the Jesuits during 1875-1877 reconstructions. The remains are now in the crypt of the chapel of Clairefontaine.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1801] Wikipedia, Henry V, Count of Luxembourg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V,_Count_of_Luxembourg [S1801] Wikipedia, Waleran III, Duke of Limburg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waleran_III,_Duke_of_Limburg [S1801] Wikipedia, Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermesinde,_Countess_of_Luxembourg