Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: near the beginning of 1170.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Weller (p. 489).
Place of Burial: Leuven (Louvain), église collégiale de Saint Pierre.
The place is given by Cawley.
Relationships
Father: Henry II, duke of Limbourg.
This relationship is given by Wauters, by Neu, and by Weller.
Mother: Matilda of Saffenburg.
This relationship is given by Wauters, by Neu, and by Cawley.
Spouse: Godfrey III of Leuvan (Godfrey VII, duke of Lower Lotharingia). Married 1155.
This relationship is given by Reindel, by Neu, and by Weller.
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.)
Henri I “le Guerroyeur” (1165 - 5 September 1235), duke of Lower Lotharingia, duke of Brabant, married (1) Matilda of Boulogne; married (2) Marie of France.
Adalbert (about 1166 - 24 November 1192), bishop of Liège.
References
Cawley, Charles. “MARGARETA van Limburg” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
Neu, Heinrich. “Heinrich II” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 8 (1969), S. 367 [Onlinefassung].
Reindel, Kurt, “Gottfried VII. in der Wiege Gottfried III. von Brabant” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 6 (1964), S. 664 f. [Onlinefassung].
Wauters, Alphonse. “Henri II, duc de Limbourg” in Biographie Nationale de Belgique Volume 9 (Bruxelles:1886-1887). pp. 149 - 151.
Weller, Tobias. Die Heiratspolitik des deutschen Hochadels im 12. Jahrhundert. (2004: Böhlau Verlag).