Passage: The War of the Limburg Succession, was a series of conflicts between 1283 and 1289 for the succession in the Duchy of Limburg. The cause of the War of the Limburg Succession was the death of Waleran IV, Duke of Limburg in 1280, and his only daughter Ermengarde of Limburg in 1283. Waleran IV had no sons and Ermengarde had no children. Ermergarde had married Reginald I of Guelders, who now claimed the Duchy of Limburg. However, Waleran's nephew Adolf VIII of Berg, son of his elder brother Adolf VII of Berg, also claimed the Duchy. Unable to assert his claims, he sold them in 1283 to the mighty John I, Duke of Brabant. Between 1283 and 1288, several smaller confrontations occurred between both sides, none of them decisive. Meanwhile, most of the other local powers chose sides. Siegfried II of Westerburg, the Archishop of Cologne and ruler of the Electorate of Cologne, traditional enemy of the Duke of Brabant, forged an alliance with Reginald I, joined by Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg, and his brother Waleran I of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny, as well as by Adolf, King of Germany. On the other side the Counts of Mark took the chance to affirm their independence from the Archbishop of Cologne and together with the Counts of Loon, Tecklenburg, and Waldeck allied with Brabant and Berg. The citizens of the City of Cologne, eager to emancipate themselves from the Archbishop's rule, also joined this alliance. After the decisive Battle of Worringen in 1288, won by Duke John I of Brabant and his allies, the Duchy of Limburg came in the possession of the Duke of Brabant. The City of Cologne gained its independence from the Archbishopric and finally the status of an Imperial city in 1475.
Besides Siegfried II of Westerburg, Henry VI,, and his brother Waleran I who else forged an alliance with Reginald I? How many children did Waleran IV have? How many grandchildren did Waleran IV have? How many people did Duke of Brabant forge an alliance with? How many years after the Battle of Worringen did the City of Cologne gain its independence? How many years after the death of Waleran IV, Duke of Limburg did his daughter Ermengarde of Limburg die? How many years did the War of Limburg Succession last? How many years did the War of the Limburg Succession conflicts last? How many years did the War of the Limburg Succession last? How many years did the conflict between Adolf VIII and the Duke of Brabant last? How many years did the conflicts and confrontations overlap? How many years did the smaller confrontations occur for that were not decisive? How many years span these events? How many years spanned the series of conflicts? What happened first the series of conflicts for the succession in the Duchy of Limburg, or The City of Cologne gaining its independence? What happened first, the Battle of Wirringen, or The City of Cologne gaining its independence? Who all claimed the Duchy of Limburg?