Diederik II count of Limburg Hohenlimburg

Diederik II Count of Limburg Hohenlimburg (1276 - 9 August 1364) was a son of Everhard I and Agnes (possibly a daughter of Dietrich I of Volmarstein).

[1] Diederik married on September 16, 1297 to Irmgard of Greifenstein (widow of knight Hildeger Heinrich of Birklin, related to the family of Isenburg (not to be confused with Isenberg) daughter of Cracht of Greiffenstein.

After his father Everhard I dies in 1308, he succeeds as Diederik II Count of Limburg Hohenlimburg.

[6] His eldest son and intended successor, knight Everhart II, died on the 11th of November 1344.

Diederik in his capacity as Vogt of the nunnery of Rellinghausen and son Cracht, a canon from the Essen Abbey, announce on 11 March 1350 that they agree to accompany and protect the Jews Nathan, Lefman and Vyvus with their children in and out of their hometown Dortmund.

But due to the pre-death of their father Everhard II, the county of Limburg and the Hohenlimburg according to opponents, an “offen void huys”, that is to say a fief that finished.

Coat of Arms souverain county of Limburg Lenne.
Chart of Theodericus II comes de Lymburg 1276 - 1364 Lion double tailed / Wappen der Deutschen Souveraine.
Castle Hohenlimburg at the Schleipenberg
Ruin of the Castle of Greifenstein
Waxseal of Dietrich II count of Limburg Hohenlimburg (right), treaty witness on 7 July 1313