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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Anne Yelverton
Anne Yelverton( 1628–1698) was Countess of Manchester and Countess of Halifax.
Louis V, Count of Chiny
Louis V (1235-1299), Count of Chiny (1268-1299), the youngest son of Arnold IV, Count of Looz and Chiny, and Jeanne, Countess of Chiny.
He became Count of Chiny in 1268 when his parents entrusted him with the county before their death.
In 1285, he brought to Chauvency-le-Château one of the most famous jousting tournaments (a “tournament of chivalry”) of the Middle Ages, which pitted knights from the Empire, France, Lotharingia, Hainault, Flanders, and England, against each other in two days of solo-contest jousting and a final day of massed mêlée fighting.
The Tournament of Chauvency  was described in verse by the French poet Jacques Bretel.
A list of the participants at the tournament, which includes nearly 100 named individuals, can be found here.
Before 22 July 1257, he married Jeanne de Bar (1225-1299), widow of Frederick de (d. 1255/6) and daughter of Henry II, Count of Bar, and Philippa de Dreux.
Her dowry was the castle of Salm.
Jeanne already had three children from her first marriage: Henry (d.1331) sire de Blâmont and seneschal of Lorraine, Joffroi (mentioned in 1253) and Thomas ("princier" of Verdun and subsequently Bishop, d.1305).
Until she became Countess of Chiny in spring 1268 she was styled as 'dame de Blâmont' and used her own seal.
Louis and Jeanne had no children and, after his death, Chiny reverted to his nephew Arnold V of Looz.
Dodo of Cons
Dodo of Cons( Dudo of Konz- Saarburg)( fl. 1096), lord of Cons- la- Grandville, a nobleman from the Lotharingian territories, son of Adelon( Adelo) de Cons.
Dodo was originally from Konz, above Trier at the confluence of the Moselle and Sauer rivers.
Dodo had taken the cross and joined in the First Crusade and was lucky enough to return unscathed along with his wife, a countess of Chiny.
Cons- la- Grandville was a commune of Meurthe- et- Moselle in what is now northeastern France on the river Chiers.
Dodo was a benefactor of the abbey of Saint- Hubert to which he donated the priory of St Michael.
His father, Adelo was master of the castle of Dun on the Meuse which had been given to the church of Verdun by Emperor Henry IV.
On Adelo's death his lands were divided between his sons Walter, who received Dun, and Dodo who received Cons.
Dodo was a crusader who was one of the many leading knights from Walloon and the Lotharingian territories that joined the army of Godfrey of Bouillon in the First Crusade.
These included Godfrey's brothers and their cousin Baldwin of Le Bourg, Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut, Rainald( or Reinhard), Count of Toul, Warner, Count of Grez, Baldwin of Stavelot, Peter of Stenay, and the brothers Henry and Godfrey of Esch.
Dodo was known to have been at the siege of Nicaea in 1097.
Dodo married Hadvide of Chiny, daughter of Arnold I, Count of Chiny.
Murray identifies her as" Hadwida, daughter of Arnulf II of Chiny" but such different spellings are common in historical documents.
The confusion about the numbering is rampant among the counts of Chiny and Looz, especially once the countships merged.
Even before that, Arnold I and Arnold II, who were counts of Looz before the merger with the counts of Chiny, were often confused with each other.
Dodo and Hadvide are not known to have had any children, although a son named Quino has been attributed to Dodo.
Hadvide accompanied her husband on the First Crusade.
It is unclear what her role was during the crusade, but she did procure a complete set of vestments in black cloth and gold trim, and a chalice made of gold and adorned with jewels.
These were donated to the monks of St. Hubert- en- Ardenne, named in honor of Hubert, Bishop of Liege, patron of archers, dogs, mathematicians and metal workers.
Many of the original places of worship still exist at St. Hubert.
The relic, which dates to the twelfth century, may include elements of this chalice.
The vestments are not known to have survived.
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.
Arnold I, Count of Chiny
Arnold I( died April 16, 1106), Count of Chiny, son of Louis II, Count of Chiny, and his wife Sophie.
He succeeded his father as count before 1066.
Arnold is best known for his many clashes with the authorities.
The only known positive action of his was the founding of the Abbey of Orval with Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg.
In addition he began other religious institutions, apparently as atonement for his many crimes.
He had many run-ins with the clergy, particularly with Henry, Bishop of Liège, a relative of Godfrey the Bearded, no doubt due to the murder of his grandfather by Godfrey ’s father.
There were also issues with Henry's successor Otbert.
A convenient story is that Arnold regularly confronted Godfrey ’s grandson Count Godfrey of Bouillon, a leader of the First Crusade and nephew of Countess Mathilda of Tuscany, but that they eventually became friends.
Because of this newly- found friendship, he allegedly entrusted Godfrey with his sons Otto and Louis to take part in the crusade.
The reality is that this is likely a story concocted by Count Louis V, much like the rest of his version of the history of Chiny( see the discussion in the Counts of Chiny), to enhance his standing at the Tournament of Chauvency in 1285, which included such royalty as Rudolf I, King of Germany.
It is clear that Otto and Louis never actually joined the crusade, as their names are not listed among the participants in the Holy quest.
The reality of the situation appears that Godfrey's army included relatively few of the major nobles of the duchy, especially those of comital rank.
The nobles of Lower Lotharingia were not all vassals of the Duke( and later Defender of the Holy Sepulchre) and felt no obligation to follow him, despite the seriousness of the taking of the cross.
Notable absentees were Arnold, Albert III of Namur and Henry of Arlon and Limburg.
These were all part of the coalition that had waged war on Godfrey and his principal allies Henry of Verdun and his successor Otbert, Prince- Bishops of Liège.
There is some uncertainty as to his sons' whereabouts during the crusade, but upon their return, Otto, who became the next Count of Chiny, found Orval falling in ruins.
The Calabrian monks left in 1108, and the Cistercians revived Orval with Otto's help.
Apparently unable to abide by normal legal traditions, Arnold attempted to capture Richilde, Countess of Hainaut, widow of Baldwin VI the Good, Count of Flanders, and her son Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut.
Like most of his ventures, he failed in this.
In 1082, Richilde and her son went on a pilgrimage to Rome, but on her return in 1084, she learned as she approached Chiny that Arnold was planning to kidnap her.
She escaped by taking refuge in Benedictine Abbey of Amdain, in the present- day Saint Hubert.
He married Adélaïs( Adelaide), daughter of Hilduin IV, Count of Montdidier, Roucy and Ramerupt, and Alix de Roucy.
They had six children: Arnold's second wife was Ermengarde( d. 1081), a union for which no children are recorded.
Arnold and his third wife Agnes had one child:
Upon his death, Arnold ’s son Otto assumed the title of Count of Chiny.

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