Albert III, Count of Namur
Albert III, Count of Namur | |
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| Died | 22 June 1102 |
House of Namur | |
| Spouse(s) | Ida of Saxony |
| Father | Albert II, Count of Namur |
| Mother | Regelinde of Verdun |
Albert III (c. 1027 – 22 June 1102) was the Count of Namur from 1063 until his death. He was the son of Count Albert II and Regelinde of Verdun.
Although he was not formally a duke, Albert is considered to have played the role of an acting
Biography
From 1071 to 1072, he helped Richilde, Countess of Hainaut and Flanders fight against Robert the Frisian, but the Countess was beaten and lost Flanders.
In 1076, supported by
In 1099, Otbert, Bishop of Liege gave him the county of Brunengeruz, territory which had been contested by the counts of Leuven, but the counts of Namur were not able to hold this territory in the long run.
Marriages and issue
In 1065 he married Ida (d. 1102),[2] widow of Frederick of Luxembourg, Duke of Lower Lorraine, and daughter of Bernard II, Duke of Saxony. They had 5 children
- Godfrey I, Count of Namur (1068–1139)
- Henry, Count of La Roche (1070–1138)
- Frederick, Bishop of Liège (d. 1121)
- Albert, Count of Jaffa (d. 1122)
- Adelaide (1068–1124), married Otto II, Count of Chiny
Notes
- ^ See Margue.
- ^ Gislebertus (of Mons) 2005, p. 8.
References
- J. Borgnet, Jules (1866). Biographie Nationale. Brussels: Académie Royale de Belgique. pp. 198–199.
- Margue, Michel (1994), "Albert III", Nouvelle Biographie Nationale de Belgique (PDF), vol. 3, pp. 14–19
- Gislebertus (of Mons) (2005). Chronicle of Hainaut. Translated by Napran, Laura. The Boydell Press.