Henry II, Count of Bar

Henry II of Bar in French Henri II de Bar, in German Heinrich II von Bar (1190–13 November 1239) 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Henri II, Count of Bar
Born	1190
Died	(1239-11-13)13 November 1239 Gaza
Noble family	Montbéliard
Spouse(s)	Philippa de Dreux
Issue	Margaret of Bar Thiébaut II of Bar Henry Jeanne Renaud
Father	Theobald I, Count of Bar
Mother	Ermesinde of Bar-sur-Seine

Spouse and children

In 1219 he married Philippa de Dreux (1192–1242),^[3] the daughter of Robert II of Dreux.^[4]

Children

• Margaret of Bar (1220–1275), in 1240 she married Henry V of Luxembourg^[5]
• Thiébaut II of Bar (c. 1221–1291),^[4] Succeeded his father as Count of Bar
• Henry, 1249
• Jeanne (1225–1299), married first Frédéric de Blamont who died in 1255,^[6] and second Louis V, Count of Chiny^[7]
• Renaud (died 1271)^[8]

See also

• Umm al-Naser Mosque