Henry III, Count of Bar

Henry III of Bar (French: Henri III de Bar; German: Heinrich III von Bar 1259 – Naples, September 1302) was Count of Bar from 1291 to 1302. He was the son of Theobald II, Count of Bar and Jeanne de Toucy.^[1]

Henry III, Count of Bar
Born	1259
Died	September 1302 Naples
Noble family	House of Bar
Spouse(s)	Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar
Issue	Edward I, Count of Bar Joan of Bar, Countess of Surrey Eleanor
Father	Theobald II, Count of Bar
Mother	Jeanne de Toucy

Henry's 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 married the future Philip IV of France. Henry's reaction was a marriage to Eleanor, daughter of Edward I of England.^[2] 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 II of Sicily, he was wounded in fighting, and died soon afterwards.

Family

Henry married Eleanor, daughter of Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile, at Bristol on 20 September 1293.^[3] Their children were:

• Edward I, Count of Bar, married to Mary, daughter of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy^[1]
• Joan of Bar, Countess of Surrey, married to John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey.^[4]
• Eleanor (b.1285), married to a Welshman named Llywelyn ap Owain, Lord of South Wales and representative of the sovereign princes of South Wales.^[5][6][7]

References

1. Bubenicek 2002, p. 86.
2. Florentii Wigornensis Monachi Chronicon, Continuatio, p. 268
3. Prestwich 1997, p. 398.
4. Ward 2013, p. 23.
5. Panton 2011, p. 173.
6. "The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with Pedigrees of Royal Descents in Illustration" (PDF). Sir Bernard Burke, C.B., LL.D., Ulster King of Arms. 1876. p. 51. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
7. Burke, J.B. (1844). Heraldic illustrations, by J. and J. B. Burke. p. 23.

Sources

• Bubenicek, Michelle (2002). Quand les femmes gouvernent: droit et politique au XIVe siècle (in French). Ecole de Chartes.
• Panton, Kenneth (2011). Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy. Scarecrow Press.
• Prestwich, Michael (1997). Edward I. Yale University Press.
• Vale, Malcolm (2001). The Princely Court: Medieval Courts and Culture in North-West Europe, 1270–1380. Oxford University Press.
• Ward, Jennifer (2013). English Noblewomen in the Later Middle Ages. Routledge.