Catherine de Limbourg

Catherine de Limbourg , born towards 1215 dead the April 20th 1255, was regent of the Duché of Lorraine of 1251 with 1255. It was girl of Waléran III, count de Limbourg and of Luxembourg, and Ermesinde countess of Luxembourg.

She married in 1225 Mathieu II ((1193 † 1251), duke of Lorraine, and had:

Ferry III (1240 † 1302), duke of Lorraine
Laure, married in 1250 in Jean de Dampierre Viscount of Troyes († 1258), then in Guillaume de Vergy, lord de Mirebeau and of Autrey
Isabelle († 1266), married to Guillaume of Vienna († 1255), then in 1256 with Jean de Chalon (1243 † 1309), which, widowed, will be remariera with Alix of Burgundy and will become count d' Auxerre.
Catherine, married in 1255 in Richard de Montfaucon († 1279), wire of Thierry III, count de Montbéliard
Adeline († about 1278), married to Louis of Savoy († 1302), baron de Vaud

It accepted in Douaire the castles and grounds of Bitche and Gondreville. With died of her husband, in February 1251, it became regent of the duchy of Lorraine. Its regency will be marked by several local conflicts:

in June 1251, it goes to the help of Roger de Mercy, bishop of Toul, threatened by the middle-class man of his city.
in 1252 it is in litigation with the middle-class men of Neufchâteau and will end up concluding an arrangement under the arbitration from Thibaut IV, count de Champagne.
in 1255, it is with the leaders of Collegial of Saint-Dié, which reproaches him for not having paid money sums promised by her husband and to have raised a new tax. The litigation will go until excommunication and it will make amend right before dying.

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