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Godfrey attempted to seize the upper duchy, but was defeated and imprisoned in 1045.
On the death of Godfrey of Bouillon in Imo Lower Lorraine was given to Henry, count of Limburg.
This Godfrey was the first hereditary duke of Brabant, as the dukes of Lower Lorraine came to be called.
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 Brabant, Netherlands (Duchy) - LoveToKnow 1911
The remnant of the duchy, united since i 100 with the rnargraviate of Antwerp, was conferred in 1106 by the emperor Henry V., with the title of duke of Lower Lorraine, upon Godfrey (Godefroid) the Bearded," count of Louvain and Brussels.
His title was disputed by Count Henry of Limburg, and for three generations the representatives of the rival houses contested the possession of the ducal dignity in Lower Lorraine.
In the course of a stormy reign Wenzel was taken prisoner in 1371 by the duke of Gelderland, and had to be ransomed by his subjects.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Brabant,_Netherlands_(Duchy)   (1237 words)

  
 Henry, Duke of Lower Lorraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The abbot Herman, named by Poppo, Bishop of Metz, and supported by Godfrey of Bouillon and Henry, fell out with the Emperor Henry IV and the abbey was transferred to the authority of Arnold, Count of Looz.
After many local nobles left on the First Crusade, among them Godfrey, Henry's power in the region of Belgia was greatly increased and he abused it, especially against the monasteries.
The duchy was transferred to Godfrey of Louvain.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry,_Duke_of_Lower_Lorraine   (459 words)

  
 Limburg, Lower Lorraine - LoveToKnow 1911
On the death of Godfrey of Bouillon (1089) he forced the emperor Henry IV.
For three generations the possession of the ducal title was disputed between the rival houses of Limburg and Louvain.
At length a reconciliation took place (1155); the name of duke of Lower Lorraine henceforth disappears, the rulers of the territory on the Meuse become dukes of Limburg, those of the larger territory to the west dukes of Brabant.
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 Banks/Dean Genealogy - Person Page 77
She married Henry I of Brabant, son of Count Godfrey III of Louvain "the Babe" and Margaret of Limbourg (?), in 1179.
She married Count Godfrey II of Louvain, son of Duke Godfrey I of Brabant "The Bearded" and Ida de Chiny and de Namur, in 1139.
Adelaide of Louvain married Simon I of Alsace (?), son of Dietrich of Alsace (?) and Hedwig von Formbach, in 1112.
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 RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Sills, Mattingly, Gaines, Lewis, Goddard, Franks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Henry II of Louvain (Count of Louvain LAMBERT II) was born ABT 1021 in Brabant, France, and died AFT 1077.
Godfrey I of Louvain was born ABT 1060 in Brabant, France, and died BET 25 JAN 1139 AND 1140.
Godfrey II of Louvain was born ABT 1105.
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 Louvain, Hainault, and Brabant
Godfrey I of Brabant, Count of Louvaine, Duke of Lower Lorraine, "the Bearded", b abt 1070.
Godfrey I of Brabant, Count of Louvain, Duke of Lower Lorraine, "the Bearded", b abt 1070, Brabant, Belgium, d 25 Jan 1139/40.
Godfrey III of Louvain, Duke of Brabant, Count of Louvaine, b abt 1142, d 1186.
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 Adeliza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Adeliza of Louvain (1103-1151) was queen consort of England from 1121 to 1135, the second wife of King Henry I of England.
She was the daughter of a French Count, Godfrey of Louvain.
She married King Henry I in 1121 when she is thought to have been aged somewhere between fifteen and eighteen; he was fifty three.
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 Adeliza of Louvain Louvain 1103 1103 1151 1151 was queen...
Adeliza of Louvain Louvain 1103 1103 1151 1151 was queen...
"Adeliza" of Louvain Louvain (1103 1103-1151 1151) was queen consort queen consort of England England from 1121 1121 to 1135 1135, the second wife of King Henry I of England Henry I of England.
She was the daughter of a French French Count, Godfrey of Louvain Godfrey of Louvain.
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 select Ancestors - gppg37 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Godfrey Of Dagsburge An Namur [Parents].Godfrey married Ermensirde Of Luxenboug.
Ermensirde Of Luxenboug.Ermensirde married Godfrey Of Dagsburge An Namur.
Henrey Duke Of Brabart was born in 1207.
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 Louvain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Their grandson was Godfrey of Bouillon, duke of Lower Lorraine, and Godfrey’s mother was a sister of Lambert II’s wife.
Thus Godfrey of Bouillon and his successor Godfrey of Louvain were second cousins twice over, and their sources of right were identical.
Two shields are documented, one for the county of Louvain, and the other for the duchy of Brabant, although normally this meant one and the same thing.
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 Banks/Dean Genealogy - Person Page 76
Mahaud de Louvain (?) married Gautier (?), son of Gui (?) and Ermengarde de Choisy (?), between 1057 and 1061.
Count Godfrey III of Louvain "the Babe" was born in 1139 at Louvain, Brabant, France.
She married Count Godfrey III of Louvain "the Babe", son of Count Godfrey II of Louvain and Luitgard von Sulzbach, in 1155.
www.gordonbanks.com /gordon/family/2nd_Site/geb-p/p76.htm   (1928 words)

  
 Siege of Lisbon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
No prince or king led this part of the crusade; England at the time was in the midst of The Anarchy.
The fleet was commanded by Arnold III of Aerschot (nephew of Godfrey of Louvain) Christian of Ghistelles, Henry Glanville (constable of Suffolk), Simon of Dover, Andrew of London, and Saher of Archelle.
They arrived at the northern city of Porto on June 16, and were convinced by the bishop, Pedro II Pitões, to continue to Lisbon.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Godfrey of Fontaines
He is the author of a notable collection of disputations, "XIV Quodlibeta", which show him to have been not merely a distinguished theologian and philosopher, but also a canonist, jurist, moralist, and controversialist, who took an active part in the various ecclesiastical, doctrinal, and disciplinary disputes that stirred Paris at that period.
Godfrey was a staunch supporter of Thomism, yet sufficiently original to differ in many things from the master's views, e.g., the principle of individuation, and the distinction between essence and existence in material things.
V is to contain studies on Godfrey by de Wulf, de Munnynck, and Van Roel.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/06626a.htm   (377 words)

  
 RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Sills, Mattingly, Gaines, Lewis, Goddard, Franks
Henry II of Louvain was born ABT 1021 in Brabant, France, and died AFT 1077.
Count of Louvain LAMBERT II was born ABT 0991, and died AFT 21 SEP 1062.
She married Henry II of Louvain, son of Count of Louvain LAMBERT II and Oda of VERDUM.
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 31st Generation (cont.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Constance Guiscard de Hauteville, Princess of Antioch or Hauteville "Constanza" was born circa 1127 in Antioch, Syria and married circa 1140.
Godfrey de Louvain II, Count of Lorraine was born 1107 in Louvain, France.
Luitgarde von Moha and Sultzbach was born between 1109 to 1118.
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 Low Countries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Godfrey was the commander-in-chief of the First Crusade, and succeeded in conquering Jerusalem (1099).
He was offered the crown of a Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, but refused it saying that he could not pretend to be a King in the city of his lord.
Godfrey became Duke of Lower Lorraine in 1106, although by that time it was a meaningless title - he and his successors are better known as Dukes of Brabant.
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 Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Page Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Lynn Dale Baker
1115 in Louvain, On the Dyle (Belgium); died in Brabant Province.
Stephen of ENGLAND, born 1097 in Blois (France) (Stephen of Blois) son of Stephen; died October 1154 in England (King 1135-1154).
1115 in Louvain, On the Dyle (Belgium); died in Brabant Province; married Luitgarde of SULTZBACH 1139.
familytreemaker.genealogy.com /users/b/a/k/Lynn-D-Baker/GENE3-0051.html   (624 words)

  
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In 1100 Emperor Henry IV gave it to the Ct of Limburg; in 1106 Limburg transferred it to Godfrey of Louvain.
The early generations of this family are in dispute, and differsnt versions of them have been posted on this board.
1.3.Adalbero of Louvain, Bp of Liege, d.1128 1.4.Ida of Louvain, d.after 1107; m.1084 Ct Baldwin II of Hainaut (d.1098) 2.Reginar of Louvain, d.1077 3.Adela of Louvain, d.1083; m.1st before 1060 Otto von Orlamuende (d.1067); m.2d 1069 Dedi von Wettin, Margrave of Niederlausitz (d.1075) End of Part 1.
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 Little Easton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The early Manor of Estaines, as the fortified dwelling was known, was occupied by the family de Windsor for several generations.
Charcoal burning was the main source of livelihood in those days, before the development of agriculture, and those who survived the plague no doubt retreated further into the forest to carry on as best they could.
In 1365 the marriage took place of Lady Eleanor de Louvain to Sir William Bourchier, whose seat was the Manor of Stanstead Hall, Halstead.
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 My Family
Children were: Adeliza DE LOUVAIN, Godfrey II LOUVAIN -Count.
Parents: Godfrey I Lower Lorraine LOUVAIN -Duke and Ida Chiny DE NAMUR.
Children were: Godfrey I Lower Lorraine LOUVAIN -Duke, Ida LOUVAIN.
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 cars - Duke of Brabant
The title Duke of Brabant was created when the counts of Leuven/Louvain acquired the duchy of Lower Lorraine after the death of Godfrey of Bouillon.
"Their claim to ducal office arrived more obviously through wives of eleventh-century counts of Louvain: Lambert I’s wife Gerberge, a daughter of Duke Charles; and Lambert II’s wife Oda, a daughter of Duke Gozelo" [1].
From Henry I onwards, as the importance of Lower Lorraine fell, the counts of Leuven started to name themselves after Brabant, the region in which Leuven is located.
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 The HOGARTH Family Pages - Origins?
However, the earliest occurrence of the written name, recorded as variations around the spelling of Hougard, is not in Scotland but in what is now Belgium, associated with the fief of Hugardis (today Hoegaarden, the "en" ending is the plural, a few miles southeast of Louvain).
Erlebold de Hougaerde, Count of Lommegau, married Alpais, daughter of Charles the Simple, and Erlebold's heiress daughter Alpaide de Hugarde married Godfrey de Rumigny, Lord of Florennes, leaving one son, Arnoul de Rumigny whose second son, Arnoul, inherited his grandmother's lands as Arnoul de Hougarde.
Thus also might the retinue of Godfrey de Louvain (brother of Duke Henry the Warrior) when he married Alice de Hastings in 1199 (and held lands in East Anglia).
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 of Louvain Family Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Ancestry.com users - See of Louvain Family Tree for individual charts.
was born in 1060 in Brabant, Louvaine, France and died on 25 Jan 1139/1140.
- was born in 1060 in Brabant, Louvaine, France and died on 25 Jan 1139/1140.
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 Eleanor de LOVAINE - Ancestors
This chart shows the immediate ancestors of Eleanor de LOVAINE, also called Eleanor de LOUVAIN, who married firstly William de FERRERS (born about 1240, died before 20 December 1287), a younger son of the 5th Earl of Derby.
After his death, Eleanor went to visit relatives in Scotland and was forcibly abducted and married by Sir William 'le Hardi', Lord of Douglas (born about 1235/1245, died as a prisoner in the Tower of London in 1298).
.-Lambert I 'the Bearded', Count of Louvain c950-1015.-Lambert II 'the Belted', Count of Louvain c990/991-1062
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 Brink-Day-Johnston-Fletcher - Person Page 146
Duke of Brabant and of Lower Lorraine, Count of Louvain.
Godfrey III, Duke of Brabant, called 'The Baby'; abdicated 1183 in favourof his eldest son Henry and died 1190.
Godfrey I 'LaBarbe,' Duke of Brabant & Lorraine (?)
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 Genealogy Data
Father: de Louvain, Godfrey I the Bearded C. Mother: Namur, Ida de Chiny and
Father: Louvain, Henry II Count de Lorraine and
de Louvain, Godfrey I the Bearded C. This page, and all genealogical data contained on it are © 2000 Alberta (sam1w@aol.com).
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 Brink-Day-Johnston-Fletcher - Person Page 141
Godfrey, of Louvain, or in Anglo-Norman French 'de Lovaine', custodian ofhis half-brother Duke Henry I of Brabant's lands in England (chiefly theCastle and Honour of Eye in Suffolk), which came to the latter (Henry) byhis wife; joined the Baronial party opposed to King John.
[Burke'sPeerage] Godfrey, of Louvain, or in Anglo-Norman French 'de Lovaine', custodian ofhis half-brother Duke Henry I of Brabant's lands in England (chiefly theCastle and Honour of Eye in Suffolk), which came to the latter (Henry) byhis wife; joined the Baronial party opposed to King John.
Sir Godfrey de Lovaine,was mother of Sir Matthew de Lovaine, who held the manor of Estaine bybarony.
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 My Family
was born in 1142 in Louvain, Brabant, France.
Parents: Godfrey II LOUVAIN -Count and Luitgarde VON SULZBACH.
Parents: Godfrey III BRABANT -Count and Margaret VON LIMBOURG.
gordonrosalynd.tripod.com /green/d44.htm   (597 words)

  
 Ancestors & Relatives of Dan Lee Davis - pafg657 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
of Louvain IDA [Parents] was born about 1065.
She married Count of Hainaut BALDWIN II, in 1084.
Count of Louvain HENRY II, [Parents] was born about 1021.
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