Walram was a fierce opponent of the Archbishop of Cologne and a partisan of the Duke of Brabant in the War of succession for Limburg.
Walram was wounded at the Battle of Furnes on 20 August 1297, and died several days later.
[3] In 1296, Walram married Marie of Brabant-Aarschot (c. 1278 – 25 February 1332),[4] daughter of Godfrey of Brabant and Jeanne, dame de Vierzon.
Walram died the year after their marriage and his brother Gerhard succeeded him as Count of Jülich.
Marie married again in 1323 to Robert of Beaumont and at her death Vierzon went to her sister Elisabeth who had married Walram's brother Gerhard.