Philippa of Luxembourg explained

Philippa of Luxembourg
Noble Family:	Luxembourg
Father:	Henry V of Luxembourg
Mother:	Marguerite of Bar
Spouse:	John II, Count of Holland
Birth Date:	1252
Death Date:	6 April

Philippa of Luxembourg (1252 – 6 April 1311) was the daughter of Count Henry V of Luxembourg and his wife, Marguerite of Bar. She married John II, Count of Holland.^[1] Two of her granddaughters were Queen Philippa of England, and Margaret II, Countess of Hainault in her own right and wife of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV.

The children of John II of Holland and Philippa of Luxembourg included:

• John (died 1302)
  • Henry (died 1303), a canon in Cambrai Simon
  • William I, Count of Hainaut, father of Queen Philippa and Margaret II John (Jean) (1288–1356), Seigneur de Beaumont. Married Marguerite, Countess of Soissons.
• Margaret (died 1342), wife of Robert II of Artois
• Alix (died 1317), wife of Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk
• Isabelle (died 1305), wife of Raoul de Clermont, Seigneur de Nesle.
• Jeanne, nun at Fontenelles
• Mary of Avesnes (1280–1354), wife of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon
• Matilda, Abbess of Nivelles
• Willem de Cuser (born 1290, date of death unknown)

External links

• Philippa de Luxembourg

Notes and References

1. M. A. Pollock, Scotland, England and France After the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296, (The Boydell Press, 2015), xv.