Léon II d’Aa

Also known as Léon de Bruxelles, Léon de Pollaer, and Lionnet II de Bruxelles et d’Aa.

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: before 1168.

The date is given by Nys (p. 225 fn). Wauters (1:4) gives about 1168.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Léon I d’Aa.

This relationship is given by Wauters (1:4) and by Nys (p. 224), citing Van der Rest (which I have not seen).

Mother: uncertain.

Wauters (1:4) states that Léon’s second wife was Ave, heiress of Onulphe of Wolverthem, founder of the abbey of Dilighem, but he doesn’t state which wife was the mother of Léon’s children.

Spouse: Mathilde (Mahelde, Mahaut).

This relationship is given by Wauters (1:4), by Charruadas (p. 104), and by Nys (p. 225, p. 257).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below is from Wauters.)

Walter d’Aa married Ghisla de Guines.

Lambert d’Aa, dean of Anderlecht.

A daughter married Arnoul III de Morialmé.

References

Charruadas, Paulo. Croissance rurale et essor urbain à Bruxelles: Les dynamiques d’une société entre ville et campagnes (1000-1300) (Académie Royale de Belgique, 2011). [Digital copy at the website of the Académie Royale de Belgique]

Nys, Suzanne. “Le chapitre de Saint-Pierre d’Anderlecht dès origines à la fin du XIII^e siècle” in Cahiers Bruxellois IX pp. 189-291 (1964).

Van der Rest, Anne. “La noblesse en Brabant” in Brabantica 5 (1960).

Van der Rest, Anne. “La famille d’Aa” in Brabantica 6 (1962) pp. 14-46.

Wauters, Alphonse. Histoire des environs de Bruxelles vol. 1 (Brussels, 1855).