Biografie Edward van Bar / Biography Edward of Bar

Eduard I van Bar (?, 1295 - Famagusta, november 1336) was een zoon van Hendrik III van Bar en van Eleonora van Engeland (1269-1298). Hij volgt in 1302 zijn vader op...

Eduard I van Bar (?, 1295 - Famagusta, november 1336) was een zoon van Hendrik III van Bar en van Eleonora van Engeland (1269-1298). Hij volgt in 1302 zijn vader op als graaf van Bar en staat onder het regentschap van zijn ooms Jan, Theobald, de prinsbisschop van Luik, en Reinout, de bisschop van Metz. Bij een treffen met Ferry II van Lotharingen wordt hij in 1313 gevangen genomen en wordt slechts vrijgelaten tegen betaling van een lossom. Tijdens zijn bestuur werd de hoogoven van Moyeuvre-Grande gebouwd. In 1310 huwde Eduard met Maria (1298-), dochter van Robert II van Bourgondië, en werd de vader van:
* Hendrik IV (-1344)
* Eleonora (-1332), in 1330 gehuwd met Rudolf van Lotharingen (-1346)
* Beatrix, gehuwd met Guido Gonzaga (-1369), heer van Mantua.


Edward I (1284 – November 1336), grandson and namesake of Edward I of England, was the Count of Bar from 1302 to his death. He was a minor when he succeeded his father, Henry III, as count and ruled under the regency of his grandfather, as his mother, Eleanor of England, was dead since 1298.

The county was governed on Edward's behalf by John of Puisaye, Theobald, Bishop of Liège, and Renaud, Bishop of Metz.

In 1308, he accompanied Frederick IV of Lorraine into battle. In 1310, he married Mary, daughter of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy, and was declared to have attained his majority. Then he purchased the lordship of Stenay from his uncle John, the aforementioned lord of Puisaye. In 1313, he was captured in war against Frederick and not ransomed until 1314. He constructed a hydraulic forge at Moyeuvre-Grande in 1323. In 1324, he was again allied in military operations with the duke of Lorraine, and also with the King of Bohemia, John, and the Archbishop of Trier, Baldwin of Luxembourg. This operations was the War of Metz, for each of the allied lords was owed something by the citizens of Metz. Edward demanded compensation for garrisoning the city with his own troops during a conflict with the bishop of Verdun

In 1336, Edward died in a shipwreck off the coast of Famagusta, Cyprus, while en route to a Crusade. By his wife, he left three children:
* Henry IV, his successor
* Eleanor (died 1332), married (1330) Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine, son of Frederick IV
* Beatrice, married Guy I of Gonzaga, Lord of Mantua

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