LOUVAIN Godefroi

Abt 1060 - 1140  (80 years)

• Name	LOUVAIN Godefroi
  Birth	Abt 1060	Lorraine, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Jan 1140	Flanders
  Notes	Godfrey I of Louvain founded Afflighem abbey by charter dated 1086 which also records the donation of property "juxta in villa Asca" made by "fraterque meus Godefridus". He succeeded his brother in 1095 as Count of Leuven. He was in conflict with Richer Bishop of Liège over the county of Brugeron in 1095/96. He hoped to succeed his relative Godfried of Bouillon as duke of Lower Lotharingia, however Henry IV awarded this title to Henrik of Limburg. After Henry V deposed his father he appointed Godfried duke in 1106, although the counts of Limburg didn't relinquish their claim. After Lothar I succeeded Henry V Godfried lost his title again, althought he in turn kept using it, perhaps in support of Anti-king Conrad of Hohenstaufen. After Conrad was elected king, Godfried regained his title. He died on january 25, 1139 [1] He founded Afflighem abbey by charter dated 1086 which also records the donation of property "juxta in villa Asca" made by "fraterque meus Godefridus". He succeeded his brother in 1095 as Comte de Louvain. He was in conflict with Richer Bishop of Liège over the county of Brugeron in 1095/96. Markgraaf van Antwerpen 1105. Heinrich V King of Germany invested him as GODEFROI V "le Barbu" Duke of Lower Lotharingia in 1106. The Continuatio Chronici Afflegemiensis records that “Godefridus cum barba Dux Lotharingiæ, Comes Lovaniensis et Bruxellensis Marchio sacri Regni” founded Afflighem Abbey where he was buried. Vogt of Afflighem 1107. The Gesta Abbatem Trudonensium records the abdication in 1128 of "Godefridum Lovaniensem comitem de ducatu Lotharingie" and his substitution by "Waleramnum comitem Lemburgie". Vogt of Gembloux and Nivelles 1129. "Ducem Godefridum seniorem eiusque filium Godefridum iuniorem" donated property "in parochia Braniensi Dudinsart" to Gembloux by charter dated 1131, witnessed by "Godefridus comes Namucensis eiusque filius Henricus, Henricus minor filius ipsius ducis, Wilhelmus advocatus de Namuco eiusque frater Anselmus ". [2] Titles Heinrich V of Germany invested him as GODEFROI V "le Barbu" Duke of Lower Lotharingia in 1106. deposed from his Duchy 1127 but continued styling himself Duke and was so succeeded by his son. Comte de Louvain, Duke of Brabant, Duke of Lower Lotharingia Deposed Gesta Abbatem Trudonensium: records abdication in 1128 of "Godefridum Lovaniensem comitem de ducatu Lotharingie" and his substitution by "Waleramnum comitem Lemburgie". Vogt of Gembloux and Nivelles 1129. "Ducem Godefridum seniorem eiusque filium Godefridum iuniorem" donated property "in parochia Braniensi Dudinsart" to Gembloux by charter dated 1131, witnessed by "Godefridus comes Namucensis eiusque filius Henricus, Henricus minor filius ipsius ducis, Wilhelmus advocatus de Namuco eiusque frater Anselmus ". Religion Continuatio Chronici Afflegemiensis: Godefridus cum barba Dux Lotharingiæ, Comes Lovaniensis et Bruxellensis Marchio sacri Regni” founded Afflighem Abbey where he was buried. Vogt of Afflighem 1107. Children Stammtafeln: Ida was Adeliza's mother and other works agree. Doesn't list Jocelyn Brenan, (n.d.). History of the House of Percy: suggests Clemantine was Adeliza's mother and Ida was Jocleyn's mother. Complete Peerage: Jocelyn's mother unproven Occupation Count of Brussels and Louvain; Duke of Lower Lorraine; Margrave of Antwerp Primary Sources ↑ De Chronologie van de Middeleeuwen en de Moderne tijden in de Nederlanden, door E. I. STRUBBE en L. VOET, 1960, p. 357. ↑ Medieval Lands, 2nd Edition Continuatio Chronici Afflegemiensis Gesta Abbatem Trudonensium Secondary Sources Brenan, (n.d.). History of the House of Percy. N.p. Cawley, C. (2006). Medieval Lands [1] Collins, A. & Brydges, E. (1812). "Percy, Duke of Northumberland." Collins's Peerage of England Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical, (Vol. II. pp. 224-225). London: F.C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and Son. Google Books. Complete Peerage, Volume X Wikipedia: Godfrey I, Count of Louvain De Chronologie van de Middeleeuwen en de Moderne tijden in de Nederlanden, door E. I. STRUBBE en L. VOET, 1960 Rubincam, Milton. The House of Brabant, Ancestry of Philippa of Hainault, Wife of Edward III, The American Genealogist (1949) Vol. 25, Page 226
  Person ID	I59021	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	LOUVAIN Henri Heinrich,   b. 1020, Louvain (Leuven), Lower Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire d. 1078, Brabant, Lower Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	TEISTERBANT Adelheid,   b. Abt 1023, Teisterbant, Lower Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire d. Aft 1086, Lower Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire (Age > 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F26256	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	CHINY Ida,   b. Abt 1083, Namur, Belgium d. Bef 1122 (Age < 38 years)
  Marriage	1100	Belgium
  Children	1. de LORRAINE Ida,   b. Abt 1106, Brabant, Netherlands d. 27 Jul 1162 (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. LORRAINE Godefroi,   b. Abt 1107   d. 13 Jun 1142 (Age 35 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26255	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026