Reginald I of Guelders

Reginald I of Guelders (1255 – October 9, 1326 in Monfort) was Count of Guelders from January 10, 1271, until his death.

Battle of Worringen 1288
CoA Count of Guelders

Life

He was the son of Otto II, Count of Guelders and Philippe of Dammartin.[1] In 1276 he married Ermengarde of Limburg of Limburg, only daughter and heiress of Waleran IV, Duke of Limburg.

In 1279 he became Duke of Limburg and when Ermengarde died childless in 1283, he became the only ruler of the Duchy of Limburg. Reginald was captured by Daniel van Bouchout during the Battle of Woeringen in 1288.[2] He was released after he had renounced all claims to the Duchy of Limburg.

In 1286 he remarried Margaret of Flanders (1272–1331), daughter of Guy, Count of Flanders[3] from his second marriage, with Isabelle of Luxembourg. They had 5 children:

Financially ruined after the Battle of Woeringen, Guelders came under the influence of his father-in-law, the Count of Flanders.
From 1318, he was replaced by his son, who imprisoned his father in 1320 in the Montfort Castle and governed as "son of the Count". Reginald I died there 6 years later.

References
  1. Pollock, M.A., Scotland, England and France after the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296. The Boydell Press. 2015, p. xv
  2. Loyens, Hubert (1672), Synopsis AB Serenissimis, Ducibus. Johannes I, Dux Lotharingae, Brabantiae, Limburgi, Brussels, p. 10
  3. "Margaret, d 1331 (daughter of Guy, Count of Flanders)", University of Edinburgh
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