Henry II, Count of Bar
Henry II of Bar in French Henri II de Bar, in German Heinrich II von Bar was a Count of Bar who reigned from 1214 to 1239. He was son of Count Theobald I of Bar and his first wife, Ermesinde of Bar-sur-Seine. Henry was killed on 13 November 1239 during the Barons' Crusade, when he diverted several hundred crusaders from the main army under Theobald I of Navarre to fight an Ayyubid force at Gaza.
Spouse and children
In 1219, Henry married Philippa de Dreux, the daughter of Robert II of Dreux.Children
- Margaret of Bar, in 1240 she married Henry V of Luxembourg
- Thiébaut II of Bar, Succeeded his father as Count of Bar
- Henry, 1249
- Jeanne, married first Frédéric de Blamont who died in 1255, and second Louis V, Count of Chiny
- Renaud