List of counts and dukes of Limburg
The counts of Limburg ruled a medieval county with its capital at Limbourg-sur-Vesdre, lying between Liège and Aachen. They rose to prominence when one of them was appointed Duke of Lower Lorraine. Though Lorraine was later confiscated, the ducal title was kept within the family, transferred to the County of Limburg, and this was eventually ratified by the Holy Roman Emperor. Thereafter, the dukes of Limburg were one of several claimant lines of heirs to the title of the old duke of Lower Lorraine. Their title was eventually inherited by their competitors, the dukes of Brabant, and became part of the large collection of titles of the Burgundian Netherlands, eventually passing to the Habsburgs.
After the occupation in 1794 by the French, the old Austrian Duchy of Limburg was disbanded and the largest part was absorbed into the département of Ourthe. Only a small northern part belonged to the département of Meuse-Inférieure and thus to the later province of Limburg. The title "Duke of Limburg" was nevertheless revived after the foundation of the new Duchy of Limburg as a result of the Treaty of London in 1839. According to this treaty the new duchy, was joined to the German Confederation. After the collapse of this confederation in 1866, Limburg as a duchy ceased to exist and became a province of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Counts of Limburg (1065–1119)
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- 1119–1139: Waleran II
- 1221–1226: Waleran III
- 1226–1247: Henry IV
- 1247–1279: Waleran IV
- 1279–1283: Ermengarde
[House of Leuven]
- 1288–1294: John I
- 1294–1312: John II
- 1312–1355: John III
- 1355–1406: Joanna
[House of Valois-Burgundy]
- 1404–1415: Anthony
- 1415–1426: John IV
- 1427–1430: Philip I also called Philip of Saint Pol -
- 1430–1467: Philip II also called Philip the Good
- 1467–1477: Charles I also called Charles the Bold
- 1477–1482: Mary
[House of Habsburg]
- 1493–1506: Philip III also called Philip the Handsome -
- 1506–1555: Charles II
- 1555–1598: Philip IV
- 1598–1621: Isabella and Albert
- 1621–1665: Philip V
- 1665–1700: Charles III
- 1700–1706: Philip VI
- 1706–1740: Charles IV
- 1740–1780: Maria Theresa
[House of Habsburg-Lorraine]
- 1780–1789: Joseph
- 1790–1792: Leopold
- 1792–1794: Francis also called ''Double Emperor''
Dukes of Limburg (1839–1866)
[House of Orange-Nassau]
- 1839–1840: William I
- 1840–1849: William II
- 1849–1866: William III