Otto II, Count of Chiny
Otto II( 1065- after 1131), Count of Chiny, son of Arnold I, Count of Chiny, and Adélaïs.
He succeeded his father in 1106 and completed the construction of the Abbey of Orval that his father had started in 1070, installing the canons in 1124.
The installation of a Cistercian community in Orval in 1131 marked his last appearance in any proceedings.
He married Adelaide( Alix)( 1068- 1124), daughter of Albert III, Count of Namur and Ida of Saxony( widow of Frederick of Lower Lorraine), who gave birth to: Ida( also known as Ida of Namur) and Godfrey( also known as Godfrey the Bearded, not to be confused with the uncle of his father Henry II, Godfrey) were parents of Adeliza of Louvain, wife of Henry I, King of England.
Oda ’s husband Gislebert was son of Otto, Count of Duras and therefore the grandson of Giselbert, the first Count of Looz, whose family would eventually be merged with the Counts of Chiny with the marriage of Otto's great- great granddaughter Jeanne, Countess of Chiny, with Arnold IV, Count of Looz.
After his death, Otto was succeeded as Count of Chiny by his son Albert.
Louis, Count of Verdun
Louis I (murdered September 29, 1025), Count of Chiny (987-1025) and Count of Verdun (as Louis) (1024-1025), son of Otto I, Count of Chiny, and an unknown mother.
Upon Otto’s death, Louis became the second Count of Chiny.
Virtually nothing is known about his rule in Chiny.
In 1024, Reginbert, the Bishop of Verdun, appointed Louis as Count of Verdun when Count Herman of Ename, son of Godfrey the Prisoner, retired to a monastery.
Herman's nephew, Godfrey the Bearded, coveted the position, and Gothelo (Herman’s brother and Godfrey’s father) invaded the city and murdered Louis.
Louis married Adelaide (d. after 1025), of unknown parentage.
They had two children:
Louis’ son Louis II assumed the position of Count of Chiny after his father’s death, and Godfrey the Bearded was appointed Count of Verdun.
Joan, Countess of Chiny
Joan( c. 1205 – 17 January 1271) was the Countess of Chiny.
Joan was the daughter of Louis IV, Count of Chiny, and Matilda of Avesnes, and became ruler of the county upon her father ’s death on 7 October 1226.
She married Arnold IV, Count of Loon, son of Gerard III, Count of Rieneck, and Kunigunde von Zimmern, in 1228, whereupon he assumed the role of Count of Chiny.
Joan and Arnold had the following children:
She was succeeded as ruler of Chiny by her husband, Arnold II, Count of Chiny.
Louis III, Count of Löwenstein
Louis III, Count of Löwenstein( 17 February 1530 in Vaihingen † 13 March 1611 in Wertheim) was the ruling Count of Löwenstein- Wertheim from 1571 until his death.
Albert, Count of Chiny
Albert (
Albert I)
(before 1131 – 29 September 1162), Count of Chiny, son of Otto II, Count of Chiny, and Adélaïs of Namur.
He succeeded his father before 1131 and spent most of his time in Chiny, not taking part in the various conflicts which shook the region.
He married Agnes, daughter of Renaud
I, Count of Bar and Gisèle Vaudémont, daughter of , Count of Vaudémont.
Their children were:
Arnulf was killed by an arrow to the head in front of the castle of Saint Manehulde during an attack on the bishopric of Verdun.
Alix and Mannases were the parents of Albert II of Hierges, Bishop of Verdun (1186–1208).
Ida and Gobert were the grandparents of John I of Aspremont, Bishop of Verdun (1217–1224).
Albert was succeeded as Count of Chiny by his son Louis.
Louis III, Count of Chiny
Louis III (d. August 12? 1189), Count of Chiny, son of Albert, Count of Chiny, and his spouse Agnes of Bar.
He succeeded his father in 1162 and continued the family’s support of the Abbey of Orval.
He entered the Third Crusade alongside Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, dying in transit in Belgrade.
He married Sophie (d. 1207), whose family is unknown.
Their children were:
Upon his death, his son Louis assumed the role of Count of Chiny.
Louis IV, Count of Chiny
Louis IV the Young( 1173- 7 October 1226), Count of Chiny from 1189 to 1226, son of Louis III, Count of Chiny, and Sophie.
Louis was the last of the first dynasty of Counts of Chiny.
Having no son, he prepared his eldest daughter Jeanne as his successor.
Louis marked his reign by issuing the first postage stamp in the county.
He succeeded as count in 1189 when his father died on the Third Crusade, but was under the supervision of his mother and uncle Thierry, Lord of Mellier, because of his young age.
He likely participated in the Albigensian Crusade, where he died in Cahors.
He married Matilda of Avesnes, widow of Nicolas IV, Lord of Rumigny, and daughter of James, Lord of Avesnes and Conde, and Adele, Lady of Guise.
They had three children: Isabelle was referred to as Madame de Florenville during the in 1285, hosted by Louis' grandson Louis V, successor Count of Chiny, Upon Louis ’ death, his daughter Jeanne became Countess of Chiny until her marriage to Arnold IV, when he became the first Count of Chiny of the second dynasty as Arnold II.
Louis IV was also a direct paternal descendant of Charlemagne.
Henry, Count of Looz
Henry( d. 2 August 1218), Count of Looz and Count of Duras, son of Gérard II, Count of Looz, and Adelaide of Gelderland, daughter of Henry I, Count of Guelders, and Agnes of Arnstein, daughter of Louis III of Arnstein.
Henry was Canon of St. Lambert in Liège, Provost of the Franciscans in Maastricht, and Provost of St. Alexander in Aschaffenburg.
Henry was Count of Looz for a few days in 1218, but died of poisoning.
He married Mechtild, daughter of Frederick III, Count of Vlanden.
Henry and Mechtild had one daughter:
He was succeeded as Count of Looz by his brother Arnold, and was the last recorded Count of Duras.
Louis II, Count of Chiny
Louis II (d. before 1066), Count of Chiny (1025–1066), son of Louis I, Count of Chiny and Verdun, and Adélaïde de Saint Varme.
He left very few traces in history and nothing is known about his reign.
Louis was married to Sophie.
They had two children:
Legend has it that Louis held hunting parties in his huge game park.
Here, Thibault of Champagne established a hermitage and found a source of holy springs, and Louis built a shrine to the spring's healing powers.
The shrine became famous, with many pilgrims who came to implore the grace of Saint-Thibault.
Later, monks from Calabria, Italy, founded a monastery nearby at Orval at the invitation of Louis’ son Arnold.
Upon Louis' death, his son Arnold became Count of Chiny.
John I, Count of Looz
John I (Jean) (d. 1278 or 1279), Count of Looz and Count of Chiny, eldest son of Arnold IV, Count of Looz and Chiny, and Jeanne, Countess of Chiny.
He succeeded his father in 1272 or 1273, as the Count of Looz and Chiny.
Virtually nothing is known about his reign.
He first married, in 1258, Matilda, daughter of William IV, Count of Jülich, and Matilda of Gelderland.
Their children were:
Widowed, he married secondly, in 1269, Isabelle de Conde (d. after 1280), daughter of Jacques, Seigneur of Conde and Bailleul, and his wife Agnes of Rœulx.
Their children were::
Upon his death, he was succeeded as Count of Chiny by his brother Louis, and as Count of Looz by his son Arnold.

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