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Biography of Walram Jülich Archbishop Cologne 1303-1349

Paternal Family Tree: Julich

Before 13th December 1299 [his father] Gerhard Jülich V Count Jülich (age 49) and [his mother] Elisabeth Brabant Countess Jülich were married. She by marriage Countess Jülich. He the son of [his grandfather] William Jülich IV Count Jülich and [his grandmother] Richardis Guelders Countess Jülich.

Around 1303 Walram Jülich was born to [his father] Gerhard Jülich V Count Jülich (age 53) and [his mother] Elisabeth Brabant Countess Jülich.

On 26th February 1324 [his brother] William Jülich V Duke Jülich (age 25) and [his sister-in-law] Joanna Hainault Duchess Guelders (age 9) were married. She the daughter of William Hainault I Count Hainault III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland (age 38) and Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainault (age 30). He the son of [his father] Gerhard Jülich V Count Jülich (age 74) and [his mother] Elisabeth Brabant Countess Jülich. They were half third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

On 29th July 1328 [his father] Gerhard Jülich V Count Jülich (age 78) died. His son [his brother] William (age 29) succeeded V Count Jülich.

In 1330 [his brother-in-law] Otto Wittelsbach IV Duke Lower Bavaria (age 22) and [his sister] Richardis Jülich Duchess Lower Bavaria (age 15) were married. She by marriage Duchess Lower Bavaria. She the daughter of [his father] Gerhard Jülich V Count Jülich and [his mother] Elisabeth Brabant Countess Jülich. He the son of Stephen Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria and Jutta Jawor Duchess Bavaria. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

In 1332 Walram Jülich (age 29) was appointed Archbishop Cologne.

In 1340 [his brother] William Jülich V Duke Jülich (age 41) was created 1st Earl Cambridge. The creation somewhat vague; he was the brother-in-law of King Edward III of England (age 27); his wife [his sister-in-law] Joanna Hainault Duchess Guelders (age 25) was the sister of Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 25).

In 1340 [his brother-in-law] Dietrich Cleves VIII Count Cleves (age 49) and [his sister] Maria Jülich Countess Cleves were married. She by marriage Countess Cleves. She the daughter of [his father] Gerhard Jülich V Count Jülich and [his mother] Elisabeth Brabant Countess Jülich. He the son of Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves and Margaret Kiburg Laufenburg Countess Cleves. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.