Albert III, count of Namur

Events

Date of Birth: before 10 August 1035.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley. Rousseau (p. lxxv) states that Albert must have been very young in 1035.

Date of Death: 22 June 1102.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Rousseau (p. xciv).

Relationships

Father: Albert II, count of Namur.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:756), by Borgnet, and by Genicot (p. 45, p. 275).

Mother: Regelindis of Lower Lotharingia.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:756), by Genicot (p. 275), and by Murray (p. 16).

Spouse: Ida von Sachsen. Married 1065 or 1065.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:756), by Borgnet, and by Murray (p 17 n).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Godefroi (died 19 August 1139), count of Namur, married (1) Sibylle de Porcien; married (2) Ermensende de Luxembourg.

Henri, count of La Roche, married Mathilde van Limburg.

Frédéric, bishop of Liège.

Albert married Mabile de Roucy.

Alix married Otto (II), count of Chiny.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Borgnet, J. “Albert II” and “Albert III” in Biographie Nationale de Belgique Volume 1 (Bruxelles:1866).

Cawley, Charles. “ALBERT III Comte de Namur” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Genicot, Léopold. Études sur les principautés lotharingiennes, (Louvain, 1975).

Murray, Alan V. The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Dynastic History. (Prosopographica et Genealogica: 2000).

Rousseau, Félix. Actes des comtes de Namur de la première race 946-1196 (Brussels, 1936).