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Note: irs. He had already named Boudewijn V, Count of Hainaut (and later also of Flanders) as his successor. Then his daughter Ermesinde was born. He made her his heir instead, and a war of succession broke out. The outcome was that Ermesinde became Countess of Luxembourg, Durbuy and Laroche, and Boudewijn V's second son Philipe became Count of Namur. Luxembourg and Limburg were politically united again through Ermesinde's marriage to "Duke Walram". After Walram's death, Countess Ermesinde ruled Luxembourg alone for another 20 years.
Note: Henri - In 1186, Henri IV was an old man who expected to die without he
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