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LOUVAIN

(Leuven, in present-day Belgium)

[HAI1311] Count Reginar III of Hainault m. [NORG293] Adele von Hohenburg
. [LOUV321] Count Lambert I of Louvain m. [LOTH323] Gerberga de Louvain
. . [BRUS311] Robert de Bruges, Castellan of Bruges m. [RENN363] Emma de Brittany
. . [LOUV332] Mahaud de Louvain m. [BOUL321] Count Eustace I of Boulogne
. . [LOUV333] Henry de Louvain m. Maud de Lorraine
. . . [LOUV344] Marguerite de Louvain m. [CREQ321] Baudouin de Crequy
. . [LOUV331] Count Lambert II of Louvain m. [LOTU343] Oda de Lower Lotharingia
. . . [LOUV341] Count Henry II of Louvain m. [BETU342] Adela von Betuwe
. . . . [LOUV353] Ida de Louvain m. [HAIN351] Count Baldwin II of Hainault
. . . . [LOUV352] Duke Godfrey I of Lower Lorraine &. a mistress
. . . . . [PERZ361] Lord Jocelin de Louvain of Petworth m. [PERX362] Agnes of Topcliffe
. . . . [LOUV351] Duke Godfrey I of Lower Lorraine m1. [CHIN362] Ida de Chiny
. . . . . [LOUV362] Dowager Queen Adeliz of England m2. [ARUN361] Earl William of Arundel
. . . . . [LOUV361] Duke Godfrey II of Lower Lorraine m. [SULZ362] Liutgarde von Sulzbach
. . . . . . [LOUV372] Duke Godfrey III of Lower Lorraine m2. [LOOZ372] Imagina von Looz
. . . . . . . [LOUZ381] Custodian Godfrey of Eye Castle m. [HASR372] Alice de Hastings
. . . . . . [LOUV371] Duke Godfrey III of Lower Lorraine m1. [LIMB372] Marguerite de Limbourg
. . . . . . . [LOUV381] Duke Henry I of Lower Lorraine m1. [ALSA392] Mahaud de Boulogne
. . . . . . . . [LOUV391] Duke Henry II of Brabant m1. [SWAB372] Marie von Swabia
. . . . . . . . . [LOUV403] Matilda de Brabant m1. [CAPE412] Count Robert of Artois

35.  [LOUV321] Lambert I le barbu [bearded] (born c.950, 2nd son of [HAI1311] Count Reginar III, see HAINAULT COUNTY) married (c.994) [LOTH323] Gerberga (daughter of [LOTH311] DUKE CHARLES (see LOWER LORRAINE (HOUSE OF FRANCE) DUKEDOM). Lambert was Count of Louvain (1003-15), and was slain at the Battle of Florennes (September 1015).

32.  [LOUV331] Lambert II balderik [bearded] (son of Lambert I) married [LOTU343] Oda (daughter of DUKE GOTHELON, see LORRAINE (HOUSE OF VERDUN) DUKEDOM). He was Count of Louvain (before 1041-62), and built a new castle at Leuven forming the nucleus for the development of the town, later the capital of the Duchy of Brabant. Lambert presumably died 1062.

31.  [LOUV341] Henry II married [BETU342] Adelheid (see TEISTERBANT COUNTY). Henry was Count of Louvain (1062-79), and died c.1078-79. Adelheid died c.1086.

28-29. [LOUV359] Godfrey I the bearded (son of Henry II) married 1. (c.1099) [CHIN362] Ide (born c.1078, daughter of Count Otto II, see CHINY COUNTY), she died c.1117; then 2. (c.1121) [BUR3355] Clemence (born before 1082, daughter of Count William I, see BURGUNDY COUNTY, and widow of [FLAN352] Count Robert II (see FLANDERS COUNTY). Clemence had no children by Godfrey. Godfrey was Marquis of Antwerp, Count of Brabant & Louvain (1095-1139), 7th DUKE OF LOWER LORRAINE (1106-28). Godfrey was deposed from the Dukedom by Waleran II of Limburg (1128), and died January 1139.

28.  [LOUV361] Godfrey II le jeune (born c.1107, son of Godfrey & Ide) married (c.1139) [SULZ362] Liutgarde (daughter of Count Berengar, see SULZBACH COUNTY). He was [9th] DUKE OF LOWER LORRAINE (1139-42), succeeding [LIMB351] DUKE WALERAN II. He died June 1142, and afterwards Liutgarde married 2. (1143) Count Hugo X of Dagsburg in Metz.

25-27.  [LOUV379] Godfrey III (born c.1142) married 1. (1155) [LIMB372] Marguerite (born c.1135, daughter of Count Henry II, see LIMBURG COUNTY), she died 1172; then 2. (1180) [LOOZ372] Imagina (see LOOZ COUNTY). He was [10th] DUKE OF LOWER LORRAINE (1143-90), and died August 1190. Afterwards Imagina entered Munsterbilsen Abbey, and died there (either 4th June 1203 or 5th June 1214).

24.   [LOUV381] Henry I (born 1165, elder son of DUKE GODFREY III & Marguerite) married 1. (1179) [ALSA392] Mahaud of Flanders (2nd daughter of Count Mathieu, see ALSACE COUNTY), she died October 1210; then 2. (at Soissons, April 1213) Marie (born 1198, daughter of [CAPE392] King Philippe II augustus of France & Agnes; and also widow of Philippe of Flanders, Count & Marquis of Namur). Henry was co-Regent of Louvain during the last 7 years of his father's life (1183-90), then [11th] DUKE OF LOWER LORRAINE (1190-1235). [In the thirteenth century, the title of Duke of (Lower) Lorraine was replaced by that of Duke of Brabant.] Henry died at Cologne, September 1235, and Marie died 1224.

23.  [LOUV391] Henry II (son of Henry I & Mahaud) married 1. (February 1207) [SWAB372] Marie (daughter of King Philip of Germany, see SWABIA (HOUSE OF HOHENSTAUFEN) DUKEDOM), died 1235; then 2. (1239) Sophie (daughter of Landgrave Ludwig IV von Thuringia, by Elizabeth of Hungary). He was [12th] DUKE OF BRABANT (1235-48), and died at Louvain (February 1248). Sophie died May 1275.

LOUVAIN

(Second Line)

[LOUV372] Duke Godfrey III of Lower Lorraine m2. [LOOZ372] Imagina von Looz
. [LOUZ381] Custodian Godfrey of Eye Castle m. [TEDR372] Alice de Hastings
. . [LOUZ392] Matthew of Little Easton m. Muriel
. . . [LOUZ402] Hawise of Little Easton m. [WYCO471] Lord Philip Basset of Wycombe

26.  [LOUZ381] Godfrey de Louvain (younger son of [LOUV379] DUKE GODFREY III & Imagina, see earlier) went to England (1196). He married (c.1199) [TEDR372] Alice de Hastings (widow, born c.1173, daughter of Robert see TEDRIC). Godfrey had custody of Eye Castle (Suffolk), and died before April 1226.

25.  [LOUZ392] Matthew I (son & heir of Godfrey) married Muriel. He held the manors of Little Easton (Essex), and Bildeston (Suffolk). He died before June 1258, and Muriel was living 1275.