Fredesinde

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Folcard II, lord of Aa or Anderlecht.

This relationship is given by Nys (p. 224), citing Van der Rest (which I have not seen), by Charruadas (p. 46), and by by Wauters (1:3).

Mother: Regelinde (Rainilde, Renilde).

This relationship is given by Nys (p. 224), citing Van der Rest (which I have not seen), by Charruadas (p. 46), and by by Wauters (1:3).

Spouse: Steppo de Bruxelles. Married by 1078.

This relationship is given by Nys (p. 224), citing Van der Rest (which I have not seen), by Wauters (1:3), and by Charruadas (p. 46, p. 231). Nys states that he was “à la famille noble de Bruxelles.” Charruadas states that he was “le premier représentant connu du groupe seigneurial de Bruxella.” Steppo’s brother was named Walter Rodestoc.

Children:

Antoine.

References

Charruadas, Paulo. Croissance rurale et essor urbain à Bruxelles: Les dynamiques d’une société entre ville et campagnes (1000-1300) (Académie Royale de Belgique, 2011). [Digital copy at the website of the Académie Royale de Belgique]

Nys, Suzanne. “Le chapitre de Saint-Pierre d’Anderlecht dès origines à la fin du XIII^e siècle” in Cahiers Bruxellois IX pp. 189-291 (1964).

Van der Rest, Anne. “La noblesse en Brabant” in Brabantica 5 (1960).

Van der Rest, Anne. “La famille d’Aa” in Brabantica 6 (1962) pp. 14-46.

Wauters, Alphonse. Histoire des environs de Bruxelles vol. 1 (Brussels, 1855).