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Adeliza of Louvain [1] (also Adelicia, [2] Adela, Adelais, and Aleidis; c. 1103 – March/April 1151) [3] was Queen of England from 1121 to 1135 as the second wife of King Henry I. Adeliza was the eldest child of Godfrey I, Count of Louvain, and Ida of Chiny. In 1121, aged about 18, Adeliza was married to Henry, who was around 54 years of age ...
Godfrey I (Dutch: Godfried, c. 1060 – 25 January 1139), called the Bearded, the Courageous, or the Great, was the Landgrave of Brabant, Count of Brussels and Leuven (Louvain) from 1095 to his death and Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1106 to 1129. He was also Margrave of Antwerp from 1106 to his death.
On October 29, 1284, his father made him Lord of Aarschot. This reestablished a dynasty that had been broken in 1172 when Godfried III, Count of Aarschot, sold his county and, as a result, his heritage, to Godfrey's great-grandfather Godfrey III, Count of Louvain. The transaction was for an unknown amount of money and an equally unknown reason.
He was made count of Louvain in 1183, until 1198. He was installed as Duke of Brabant in 1191. Albert de Louvain (1166 – 24 November 1192). Albert was elected Bishop of Louvain (Liege) in 1191, but assassinated in Reims in 1192. [4] Secondly, Godfrey married Imagina of Loon, [3] daughter of Louis I, Count of Loon, by whom he had two children:
By inheritance, Godfrey was Count of Verdun and he became Margrave of Antwerp as a vassal of the Duke of Lower Lorraine. The Holy Roman Emperor Henry III authorized him to succeed his father as Duke of Upper Lorraine in 1044, but refused him the ducal title in Lower Lorraine, for he feared the power of a united duchy.
[1138-1150], d. 24 December 1193), also called William de Albini III, [1] was the son of William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel and Adeliza of Louvain, widow of Henry I of England. [ 2 ] He married Matilda (or Maud) de St. Hilary, daughter of Jean or James de St. Hilary and Aveline and widow of Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford , and among ...
Lambert I of Louvain (c. 950 - 1015) Adela: Lambert II, Count of Louvain (d. 1054) Louis IV of France (920 - 954) Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine (953 – 993) Gerberga of Saxony (913 - 984) Gerberga of Lorraine (c. 980 - 1018) Adelaide: Henry II of Leuven Count of Louvain, Count of Brussels: Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau: Godfrey I ...
Gertrude of Flanders (c. 1070–1117 [1]), was a Countess of Louvain and Landgravine of Brabant by marriage to Henry III, Count of Leuven, and a Duchess of Lorraine by marriage to Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine. [2] At the time the duchy was the upper Lorraine, since 959 separated from the duchy of Lower Lorraine.