Henry II, Count of Louvain

Henry II (German: Heinrich, Dutch:Hendrik, French: Henri) was Count of Louvain (Leuven) from 1054 through 1071 (?). Henry II was the son of Lambert II, Count of Louvain and Oda of Verdun. His maternal uncles included Pope Stephen X and Godfrey the Bearded, Duke of Lorraine.^[1]

Marriage and issue

Henry married Adela of Orthen, a daughter of Count Everard of Orthen.^[2] Henry and Adela had several sons and a daughter:

• Henry III, Count of Louvain ^[2] (d. 1095). He married Gertrude of Flanders (1080–1117), daughter of Robert I of Flanders and Gertrude of Saxony. They probably bore duchess Adelaide wife of Simon I of Lorraine, and countess Gertrude wife to Lambert, count of Montaigu and Clermont.
• Godfrey I, Count of Louvain ^[2] (1060 - 1139). He married Ida of Namur, who bore at least five children e.g. Godfrey II of Louvain, Duke of Lower Lorraine. later he married Clementia of Burgundy and bore Joceline of Louvain.
• Albero I of Louvain, Bishop of Liège ^[2]
• Ida of Louvain married Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut.^[2][3]
• Elizabeth of Brabant, married Albert I, Duke of Brunswick and has issue

Ancestry

Ancestors of Henry II, Count of Louvain

Reginar II, Count of Hainaut (890 - 932)               Reginar III, Count of Hainaut (c. 920 – 973)                       Adelaide of Burgundy, daughter of Richard, Duke of Burgundy               Lambert I of Louvain (c. 950 - 1015)                             Adela                       Lambert II, Count of Louvain (d. 1054)                                   Louis IV of France (920 - 954)               Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine (953 – 993)                       Gerberga of Saxony (913 - 984)               Gerberga of Lorraine (c. 980 - 1018)                             Adelaide                       Henry II of Leuven Count of Louvain, Count of Brussels                                         Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau               Godfrey I, Count of Verdun (House of Ardennes-Verdun) (d. 1002) Margrave of Antwerp and Ename, count of Hainault                       Oda of Metz               Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine (c. 967 – 1044)                             Hermann Billung, "vice duke of Saxony" (c. 910 - 973)               Matilda Billung of Saxony (c. 940 - 1008)                       Oda ?               Oda of Verdun (Lorraine)                                   Barbe de Lebarten ?

See also

• Dukes of Brabant family tree
• Chronique des Ducs de Brabant, Adrian van Baerland, Antwerp (1612).

Regnal titles
Preceded by Lambert II	Count of Louvain 1054-1078	Succeeded by Henry III

References

1. ↑ Heather J. Tanner, Families, friends, and allies: Boulogne and politics in northern France and England, c. 879-1160, BRILL, 2004, p 300
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Jaarboek voor Middeleeuwse geschiedenis, Uitgeverij Verloren, 1998 Google Books
3. ↑ Gislebertus (of Mons), Laura Napran, Chronicle of Hainaut, Boydell Press, 2005