Godfrey of Heinsberg, Count of Loon

Godfrey de Heinsberg (died 1395), Lord of Daelenbroeck, Count of Looz and Count of Chiny (1361–1362), son of John of Heinsberg, Lord of Daelenbroeck (brother of the preceding count Thierry de Heinsberg).

Biography

Upon the death of his uncle Thierry in 1361, Godfrey claimed his estates and proclaimed himself Count of Looz and Chiny. However, Engelbert III of the Marck, Prince-Bishop of Liege, was far less merciful to Godfrey than to Thierry, and pursued the claims to the counties that Adolph of the Marck had negotiated with Louis IV the Younger in an agreement in 1190. This is interesting (but not surprising) in that Engelbert was the brother-in-law of Godfrey, having married Richardis of Jülich (died 1360), sister of Godfrey’s wife Philippa.

Engelbert proclaimed the annexation of Looz and Chiny for the Chapter of St. Lambert in Liege on May 5, 1361, and his troops occupied the county from June 1361. On January 25, 1362, Godfrey sold the counties and their rights to Arnold of Rumigny, grandson of Arnold V, Count of Looz and Chiny.
Arnold was destined to be the last of the Counts of Looz and Chiny, as his county was finally incorporated into the Liège territory in 1366.

Marriage and children

Godfrey was married in 1357 to Philippa of Jülich (d. 1390), daughter of William V, Duke of Jülich, and Joanna of Hainaut. The children of Godfrey and Joanna included:

John II of Loon-Heinsberg (died 1438), Seigneur of Heinsberg and Daelenbroeck, married first to Margareta van Gennep and second to Anna von Solms
Godfrey, canon of Utrecht or Maastricht
Jeanne (died 1415), married in 1375 to Willem VI of Horne (died 25 October 1415 at the Battle of Agincourt), son of William V of Horn and Isabelle van Arkel
Philippa, married first to Gérard de Tomberg-Landskron and second to Gumprecht, Count of Neuenahr
Catherine, married in 1389 to Gisbert de Buron.

Sources

Arlette Laret-Kayser, Entre Bar et Luxembourg : Le Comté de Chiny des Origines à 1300, Bruxelles (éditions du Crédit Communal, Collection Histoire, série in-8°, n° 72), 1986
Marchandisse, Alain, La fonction épiscopale à Liège aux xiiie et xive siècles: étude de politologie historique, Bibliothèque de la Faculté de Philosophie et de Lettres de l'Université de Liège, 1998

Barker, Juliet, Agincourt: The King, the Campaign, the Battle. London: Little, Brown, 2005