Godefroi, count of Namur

Events

Date of Birth: probably 1067 or 1068.

Place of Birth: unknown.

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

Date of Death: 19 August 1139.

Place of Death: the abbey of Floreffe.

The date and place are given by Rousseau (p. cix).

Place of Burial: the abbey church of Floreffe.

The place is given by Rousseau (p. cix).

Relationships

Father: Albert III, count of Namur.

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

Mother: Ida von Sachsen.

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

Spouse: Sibylle de Porcien. Divorced.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:757), by Rousseau (p. xcvii), by Nabran, and by Genicot (p. 45).

Spouse: Ermensende de Luxembourg. Married about 1109.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:757), by Rousseau (p. ciii), by Nabran, and by Genicot (p. 45).

Children (by Sibylle):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Elisabeth married (1) Gervais, count of Rethel; married (2) Clarembaud de Rozoy.

Flandrine married (2) Alard, lord of Epinoy and of Antoing.

Children (by Ermensende):

Albert.

Henry I “the Blind” (1111 - 14 August 1196), count of Namur, married (1) unknown; married (2) Lauretta of Flanders; married (3) Agnes of Gueldre.

Clemence (died 28 December 1158) married Conrad, duke of Zähringen.

Béatrix (died 1160) married Gonthier of Rethel.

Alix (died July 1169) married Baldwin IV, count of Hainaut.

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 III” in Biographie Nationale de Belgique Volume 1 (Bruxelles:1866).

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

Gilbert of Mons. Chronicle of Hainaut . (Laura Napran, trans.). (The Boydell Press, 2005).

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