Ida de Louvain

Also known as Ida van Leuven.

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 1039.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Hendrik II, count of Leuven (Louvain).

This relationship is given by Wauters and by Weller (p. 446).

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

This relationship is given by Wauters and by Cawley.

Spouse: Baudouin II, count of Hainaut. Married in 1084.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:774), by Smet, by Wauters, and by Weller (p. 446).

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.)

Ida (about 1085 - after 1105) married Thomas (I), count of Amiens, lord of Coucy.

Baudouin III (1088 - 1120), count of Hainaut, married Yolande van Gelre.

Arnoul married Béatrix de Ath.

Louis.

Simon, canon in Liège.

Henri.

Guillaume.

Richildis married Amaury (III), lord of Montfort, count of Évreux. (Married about 1115, divorced 1118).

Alix married Nicolas (II), lord of Rumigny.

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).

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

Smet, J.-J. de, “Baudouin II” in Biographie Nationale de Belgique Volume 1 (Bruxelles:1866).

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).