Godfrey V, duke of Lower Lorraine

Also known Godfied I van Leuven and (as duke of Lower Lotharingia) as Godefroi V “le Barbu” and Gottfried V “der Große”.

Count of Leuven (Louvain)

Landgrave of Brabant

Duke of Lower Lorraine

Margrave of Antwerp

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 25 January 1139.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Reindel.

Place of Burial: Abdij Affligem.

The place is given by Reindel.

Relationships

Father: Hendrik II, count of Louvain.

This relationship is given by Wauters, by Reindel, and by Tanner.

Mother: Adelheid, probably the daughter of Eberhard, count of Betuwe and Teisterbant.

This relationship is given by Wauters (who states that her parentage is unknown, but that she was probably the daughter of Eberhard), by Reindel, and by Cawley.

Spouse: Ida de Chiny.

The evidence for this relationship is given by Weller (pp. 451-452). Some scholars have expressed some doubt about this, or given Ida's father as Albert, count of Namur, but Weller's evidence seems conclusive.

Spouse: Clemence of Burgundy.

This relationship is given by Wauters, by Reindel, and by Weller (p. 454).

Children (by Ida):

(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.)

Godfried VI (died 1142), duke of Lower Lotharingia, married Lutgardis von Sulzbach.

Henri (died 27 September 1141).

Adeliza (died 1151) married (1) Henry I, king of England; married (2) William d’Aubigny.

Ida married Arnold (I), count of Kleve.

Clarissa.

Children (illegitimate):

Joscelin (died 1180) married Agnes de Percy.

References

Cawley, Charles. “GODEFROI de Louvain” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59) Volume 1.

Laret-Kayser, Arlette. Entre Bar et Luxembourg: Le comté de Chiny des origines à 1300 (France, 1986).

Reindel, Kurt, “Gottfried V. „der Große“Gottfried I. von Brabant” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 6 (1964), S. 663 - 664 [Onlinefassung].

Settipani, Christian (with Patrick Van Kerrebrouck). La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987. Première Partie (Volume 1 of Nouvelle Histoire Généalogique de l’Auguste Maison de France, 1993).

Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).

Wauters, Alphonse. “Godefroid I”in Biographie Nationale de Belgique Volume 7 (Bruxelles:1880-1883). pp.842 - 855.

Wauters, Alphonse, “Henri II” in Biographie Nationale de Belgique Volume 9 (Bruxelles:1886-7).

Weller, Tobias. Die Heiratspolitik des deutschen Hochadels im 12. Jahrhundert. (2004: Böhlau Verlag).