Gerard IV was een zoon van Gerard I van Horne-Wassenberg heer van Horne (1212-1220) en heer van Wassenberg (1180-1212) die getrouwd was met Beatrix van Merheim. Beatrix was een dochter van Rutger van Merheim heer van de heerlijkheid Merheim bij Keulen en van Aleidis van Bemelen. Gerard I was een zoon van Hendrik III van Limburg en Sophie van Saarbrücken.
https://genwiki.nl/limburg/index.php?title=Heerlijkheid_Gronsveld_/_Heren_en_Vrouwen
Il est marié avec Beatrix van Randerath.
Ils se sont mariés.
GERHARD [IV] von Wassenberg (-[10 Mar/Sep] 1255). "…Gerrardum de Wassenberg et eius fratrem Rutgerum…" are named as guarantors for Walram von Jülich in a charter dated Jan 1248 (O. S.) which records an agreement between Konrad Archbishop of Köln and Walram concerning the partition of the county of Hochstaden[133]. Herr von Wassenberg, Seigneur de Sprimont. Walram IV Duke of Limburg noted, in a charter dated 13 Mar 1253, that "nobilis vir Gerardus dominus de Wassenberg" had granted "castrum de Sprimont" to "dominæ Elisabeth uxori suæ", with the consent of "Gerardi primo geniti sui"[134]. m firstly BEATRIX von Randerode, daughter of GERHARD [II] Herr von Randerode und Liedberg & his wife --- (-before 2 Feb 1246). The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m secondly (contract 19 Mar 1247) as her second husband, ELISABETH de Brabant, widow of DIETRICH von Kleve gt von Dinslaken, daughter of HENRI I Duke of Brabant & his second wife Marie de France (-[22 Jan 1260/14 Aug 1266]).
Gerhard [IV] & his first wife had one child:
GERHARD [V] von Wassenberg (-[13 Mar 1253/1255]).
Gerhard & his second wife had two children:
JUTTA von Wassenberg (-after 25 Nov 1258).
GERHARD von Wassenberg ([1254/55]-before 14 Oct 1257).
https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LIMBURG.htm#GerhardIVWassenbergdied1255
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