Henry II, Count of Louvain
Henry II | |
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Prince-Bishop of Liège Ide | |
| Father | Lambert II, Count of Louvain |
| Mother | Oda of Verdun |
Henry II (Dutch: Hendrik, French: Henri) was the
Count of Louvain (Leuven) from 1054 through 1071 (?). Henry II was the son of Lambert II, Count of Louvain and Oda of Verdun. His maternal uncles included Pope Stephen IX and Duke Godfrey the Bearded of Lorraine.[1]
Marriage and issue
Henry married Adela of Thuringa.[2] Henry and Adela had several sons and a daughter:
- Simon I of Lorraine, and countess Gertrude wife to Lambert, count of Montaigu and Clermont.
- Joceline of Louvain.
- Albero I of Louvain, Bishop of Liège[2]
Ancestry
| Ancestors of Henry II, Count of Louvain Verdun (Lorraine) | | |||||||||||||||
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See also
- Dukes of Brabant family tree
- Chronique des Ducs de Brabant, Adrian van Baerland, Antwerp (1612).
References
- ^ Heather J. Tanner, Families, friends, and allies: Boulogne and politics in northern France and England, c. 879-1160, BRILL, 2004, p 300
- ^ a b c d e Jaarboek voor Middeleeuwse geschiedenis, Uitgeverij Verloren, 1998 Google Books
- ^ Gislebertus (of Mons), Laura Napran, Chronicle of Hainaut, Boydell Press, 2005
- ^ Parisse (1981), "Généalogie de la Maison d'Ardenne", La maison d'Ardenne Xe-XIe siècles. Actes des Journées Lotharingiennes, 24 - 26 oct. 1980, Centre Univ., Luxembourg: 9–41; Kupper, "Annexe 2", Liège et l’Église impériale
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