See also
Husband: | Henry III COUNT OF BAR (1259-1302) | |
Wife: | Eleanor (c. 1269-1298) | |
Children: | Edward I COUNT OF BAR (1294-1336) | |
Eleanor (1295- ) | ||
Joan of BAR (1295-1361) | ||
Marriage | 20 Sep 1293 | Bristol, Gloucester |
Name: | Henry III COUNT OF BAR | |
Sex: | Male | |
Father: | Thibault II COUNT OF BAR ( - ) | |
Mother: | Jeanne de TOUCY ( - ) | |
Birth | 1259 | Naples |
Death | Sep 1302 (age 42-43) |
Name: | Eleanor | |
Sex: | Female | |
Father: | Edward I (1239-1307) | |
Mother: | Eleanor OF CASTILLE (1241-1290) | |
Birth | c. 18 Jun 1269 | |
Death | 19 Aug 1298 (age 29) |
Name: | Edward I COUNT OF BAR | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Mary ( - ) | |
Birth | 1294 | |
Death | 1336 (age 41-42) |
Name: | Eleanor | |
Sex: | Female | |
Birth | 1295 |
Name: | Joan of BAR | |
Sex: | Female | |
Birth | 1295 | |
Death | 1361 (age 65-66) |
His introduction to military life came as he was made a knight in a conflict between his father and the Bishop of Metz. He then served Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine. He was preparing to go on crusade when his father died.
In 1284 Joan I of Navarre, countess of Champagne, had married the future Philip IV of France, making the county of Bar adjacent to the French royal domain. Henry's reaction was a marriage to Eleanor, daughter of Edward I of England. When war broke out in short order between France and England, Henry was drawn in. The fighting ceased after the 1301 Treaty of Bruges. Under its terms, Henry gave up some fortresses and paid homage to Philip for part of his lands, then called the Barrois mouvant. He also undertook to fight in Cyprus against the Muslim forces.
Henry therefore made his way to the Kingdom of Naples. In assisting Charles II of Naples against the invading forces of Frederick I of Sicily, he was wounded in fighting, and died soon afterwards.
Married, in 1293, Henry III, Count of Bar, by whom she had two children. Buried at Westminster Abbey.