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 (12th September 1015).

34. [LOUV333] Henry I de Louvain (born c.990, son of Lambert I), Count of Louvain, married Maud de Lorraine.
33. [LOUV344] Marguerite de Louvain (born c.1020, daughter of Henry) married [CREQ321] Baudouin (see CREQUY).
32. [LOUV332] Mahaud (daughter of Lambert I) married Count [BOUL321] Eustace I (see BOULOGNE COUNTY).
32. [BRUS311] Robert de Bruges (born c.1000, conjectured to be son of Lambert I) is described under BRUS.

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.

30. [LOUV353] Ida (daughter of Henry II) married (1084) [HAIN351] Count Baldwin II (see HAINAULT COUNTY).

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. [LOUV362] Adeliz (born c.1103, 1st daughter of Godfrey & Ide) married 1. (January 1121) [NORK349] King Henry I (see NORMAN KINGS); then 2. (1138) [ARUN361] Earl William (see ARUNDEL (AUBIGNY) EARLDOM).
27. [PERC361] Jocelin (born c.1121, son of Godfrey, by an unknown mistress) married (between 1154-61) [PERX362] Agnes (see PERCY).

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).

26. [LOUV382] Godfrey de Louvain (younger son of DUKE GODFREY III & Imagina) is described later under Second Line.

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.

22. [LOUV403] Matilda (born 1224, daughter of Henry II & Marie) married 1. (at Compiegne, June 1237) [CAPE412] Count Robert the good (3rd son of King Louis VIII, see CAPETIAN HOUSE), who was killed in battle near Mansurah, Palestine, February 1250; then 2. (at Naples, c.1254) Guy of Chatillon, Count of St. Pol.

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
. . . [LOUZ401] Matthew Louvain m. Maud Poyntz
. . . . [LOUZ413] Eleanor Louvain m. [DOUG481] Lord William of Douglas

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 (born c.1199, 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.

24. [LOUZ402] Hawise (daughter of Sir Matthew, but mother's name not stated) married [WYCO471] Sir Philip (see WYCOMBE BARONY).

22. [LOUZ401] Matthew (born c.1237, son of Matthew & Muriel) married Maud Poyntz. He died 24th May 1302.

21. [LOUZ412] Eleanor (born c.1268, daughter of Matthew) married 1. [DERB411] William de Ferrers of Groby (see DERBY (FERRIERES) EARLDOM); then 2. (1288) [DOUG481] Sir William Douglas (see DOUGLAS EARLDOM).