Henry II, Count of Bar

Henry II of Bar in French Henri II de Bar, in German Heinrich II von Bar (1190–13 November 1239) was a Count of Bar who reigned from 1214 to 1239. He was son of Count Theobald I of Bar and his first wife, Ermesinde of Bar-sur-Seine. Henry was killed on 13 November 1239 during the Barons' Crusade, when he diverted several hundred crusaders from the main army under Theobald I of Navarre to fight an Ayyubid force at Gaza.

Spouse and children
In 1219 he married Philippa de Dreux (1192–1242), the daughter of Robert II of Dreux.

Children

 * Margaret of Bar (1220–1275), in 1240 she married Henry V of Luxembourg
 * Thiébaut II of Bar (c. 1221–1291), Succeeded his father as Count of Bar
 * Henry, 1249
 * Jeanne (1225–1299), married first Frédéric de Blamont who died in 1255, and second Louis V, Count of Chiny
 * Renaud (died 1271)