Wars of the Loon Succession

Wars of the Loon Succession
Part of the Liégeois–Brabantian Wars
Loon      Liège (Lüttich)      Brabant      Chiny      Luxemburg (Lützelburg) Southern Netherlands c. 1250. Loon and Chiny disappeared from the map because of the war.
Date 1336 – 1366 Location County of Loon Result Liégeois victory Territorial changes Annexation of Loon by Liège Annexation of Chiny by Luxemburg
Belligerents
County of Loon[1] Supported by: Duchy of Brabant (1337–1363) Duchy of Luxemburg (1361–1366)	Prince-Bishopric of Liège Supported by: Avignon Papacy
Commanders and leaders
Diederik of Heinsberg John III of Brabant Arnold of Rummen Wenceslaus I Joanna of Brabant (1361–1363) Godfrey of Dalenbroek (1361–1362)	Adolph II of the Mark Engelbert III John of Arkel Pope Benedict XII

The Wars of the Loon Succession (Dutch: Loonse Successieoorlogen, French: Guerres de succession de Looz) is the name of the war of succession that arose after the childless death of Louis IV, Count of Loon on 22 January 1336. In the first period, the County of Loon led by claimant Diederik of Heinsberg managed to maintain its autonomy in relation to the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. During the second period, however, Arnold of Rummen, the last indigenous claimant to the title of count of Loon, first had to sell the County of Chiny to the Duchy of Luxemburg to cover his military expenses, and soon after conceded defeat. The wars came to an end with the annexation of Loon by Liège in 1366.

Since there was a time of peace between 1346 and 1361, it is common to refer to the Wars of the Loon Succession in plural, as it is to call it the War of the Loon Succession in singular with two 'periods', 'acts' or 'phases'.^[2]