Lambert II, count of Louvain

Also known as Balderik.

Count of Leuven (Louvain)

Events

Date of Birth: about 990.

The date is given by Glocker (p. 325).

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: after 21 September 1062.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Glocker (p. 325).

Relationships

Father: Lambert I “le Barbu”, count of Leuven.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:785), by Wauters, by Glocker (p. 325), by Weller (p. 440), and by Tanner.

Mother: Gerberga of Lower Lotharingia.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:785), by Glocker (p. 325), by Weller (p. 440), and by Tanner.

Spouse: Oda von Lothringen.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:784), by Reindel, by Glocker (p. 325), by Weller (p. 440), and by Tanner.

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.)

Hendrik II, count of Leuven, married Adelheid, daughter of Eberhard, count of Betuwe and Teisterbant.

Adela (died 1083) married (2) Otto, count of Weimar; married (2) Dedo (II), margrave of the Saxon Ostmark.

Reginar (died 1077).

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. “LAMBERT [II] Comte de Louvain” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Glocker, Winfrid. Die Verwandten der Ottonen und ihre Bedeutung in der Politik: Studien zur Familienpolitik und zur Genealogie des Sächsischen Kaiserhauses (Böhlau Verlag: Köln, 1989).

Reindel, Kurt. “Gozelo I. Herzog von Nieder- und Oberlothringen” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 6 (1964), S. 693.

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

Wauters, Alphonse, “Lambert I and Lambert II” in Biographie Nationale de Belgique Volume 11 (Bruxelles:1890-1891).

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