Events
Date of Birth: between about 992 and 1000.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The date is given by Cawley.
Date of Death: unknown.
Place of Death: unknown.
Relationships
Father: Lambert I “the Bearded”, count of Louvain.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (6:248) and by Glocker (pp. 325-326).
Mother: Gerberga of Lower Lorraine.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (6:248) and by Glocker (pp. 325-326).
Spouse: Eustace I, count of Boulogne.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (6:248), by Glocker (pp. 325 and 326), and by Murray (p. 27). It is recorded in the Genealogia comitum Buloniensium.
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.)
Eustace II, count of Boulogne, married (1) Godgifu of England; married (2) Ida of Lotharingia.
Geoffroy (died 1095), bishop of Paris.
Lambert (died 1054), married Adelais of Normandy.
Gerberge married Frederick, duke of Lower Lorraine.
References
Andressohn, John C. The Ancestry and Life of Godfrey of Bouillon (Indiana University: 1947).
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. “MATHILDE de Louvain” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
Genealogia comitum Buloniensium , ed. L. Bethmann, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores (in Folio) (SS) 9: 300-301.
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).
Murray, Alan V. The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Dynastic History. (Prosopographica et Genealogica: 2000).