Also known (as duke of Lower Lorraine) as Gottfried VI.
Landgrave of Brabant
Duke of Lower Lorraine
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 13 June 1142.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Weller (p. 483), citing a 1940 article on the date of Gottfried's death by Paul Bonnefant.
Place of Burial: Leuven, Sint-Pieterskerk.
The place is given by Weller (p. 483).
Relationships
Father: Gotfried I van Leuven.
This relationship is given by Wauters, by Reindel, by Weller, and by Tanner.
Mother: Ida de Chiny.
This relationship is given by Weller.
Spouse: Luitgard von Sulzbach.
This relationship is given by Wauters, by Reindel, and by Weller (p. 481).
Children:
Godfried III (1142 - 10 August 1190), later Godefroi VII, duke of Lower Lotharingia, married (1) Margareta van Limburg; married (2) Imagina de Looz.
References
Cawley, Charles. “GODEFROI de Louvain” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
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
Reindel, Kurt, “Gottfried VI.Gottfried II. von Brabant” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 6 (1964), S. 664 f. [Onlinefassung].
Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).
Wauters, Alphonse. “Godefroid I” and “Godefroid II” in Biographie Nationale de Belgique Volume 7 (Bruxelles:1880-1883). pp.842 - 855.
Weller, Tobias. Die Heiratspolitik des deutschen Hochadels im 12. Jahrhundert. (2004: Böhlau Verlag).