Henry II, count of Leuven (Louvain)

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 1078 or 1079.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley. Wauters, noting that the date is uncertain, places it in 1079.

Place of Burial: Nivelles.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Lambert II, count of Leuven.

This relationship is given by Wauters, by Weller (p. 440), and by Tanner.

Mother: Oda von Lothringen.

This relationship is given by Tanner.

Spouse: Adelheid.

Wauters and by Weller (p. 440) both state that Adelheid was probably the daughter of Eberhard, count in the Velau and Teisterbant (or Betuwe). Tanner shows Henry's wife as unknown.

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.)

Henry III (died 5 February 1095), count of Leuven, married Gertrude of Flanders.

Godfrey I (died 25 January 1139), count of Leuven, later Godfrey V “the Bearded”, duke of Lower Lorraine, married (1) Ida de Chiny; married (2) Clemence de Bourgogne.

Ida (died 1139) married Baudouin II, count of Hainaut.

Alberon (died 1 January 1128), prince-bishop of Luik.

References

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

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

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).