Henry II de Bar, born around 1190, died in Gaza on November 13, 1239, was Count Bar from 1214 to 1239. He was the son of Thiébaut I, Count Bar, and Ermesinde de Bar-sur-Seine.
Biography [edit]
Appears in charters since 1202 and is associated with the government of County Bar since 1210. He took part in 1211 in the Crusade, succeeded his father in 1214 and immediately fight for the King of France Philippe Auguste II at the battle of Bouvines.
During the war of succession Champagne (1216-1221), it actively supports the Count of Champagne Thibaut IV. A friendship survived for several years between the two counties.
After the death of King Louis VIII Lion (1226), Henri Thibaut led to the revolt against the regent Blanche of Castile, but it made their bid on March 2, 1227 at Vendome.
Thibaut and Henri are blurring, however, to 1229. The Count of Champagne combined with the Duke of Lorraine, and Henri, Count of alliance with Vaudémont Hugues II and the bishop of Toul ravaging Lorraine in January 1230. Thibaut IV and Simon de Joinville invade and ravage in turn Barrois, then Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, Champagne invades. Blanche of Castile must intervene to restore peace, which was signed in 1232.
Allied to the people of Metz and Mathieu II to the Duke of Lorraine, he opposed John I of Apremont in the war of Friends of 1231 to 1234.
Henri founded several monasteries and made substantial donations to others.
He took the cross in 1239 and accompanies Thibaut de Champagne IV and IV Hugues de Bourgogne in the Holy Land. He was killed in the battle in Gaza in 1239.
Marriage and children [edit]
In 1219 he married Philippa de Dreux (1192 † 1242), daughter of Robert II, Comte de Dreux and Yolande de Coucy, and had:
* Marguerite (1220 † 1275), married in 1240 to Henry V (1217 † 1281), Count of Luxembourg
* Thiébaut II (1221 1291), Count de Bar
* Henry, cited in 1249
* Jeanne (1225 † 1299), married to Frederick of Blamont († 1255), then to Louis V of Loon (1235 † 1299), Count de Chiny
* Renaud (1271)
Erard * (1335)
* Isabelle (1320)
Count Henry de Bar II 
- d.~ 1071
- b.~ 1018 d.21 Jun 1093