 Abt 1070 - 1139 (69 years)
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| Name |
NAMUR Godefroi |
| Birth |
Abt 1070 |
Comté de Namur, Lower Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
19 Aug 1139 |
| Notes |
- Godefroi / Godefroid de Namur (later Comte de Namur) was the son of Albert III Comte de Namur and his wife Ida von Sachsen. [1] [2]
First Marriage, Family and Divorce
In about 1087, Godefroi married Sibylle de Porcien, who was the daughter of Roger, Comte de Porcien and his wife Ermengarde. [1] [2] [3]
Godefroi and his first wife Sibylle had two daughters: [1] [2]
Elisabeth de Namur
Flandrine de Namur
Sibylle was reportedly seduced by Enguerrand de Boves Comte d'Amiens, Seigneur de Coucy, and fled her husband before giving birth to an illegitimate child. Guibert de Nogent records that Ingelrannus abducted filia…Rogeri comitis Porcensis, wife of Namurensi…comiti Godefrido. Godefroi and Sibylle were divorced in about 1104. [1] [2]
Accession, Second Marriage and Family
In 1102, Godefroi succeeded his father Albert, becoming Godefroi Comte de Namur. [1] [2]
In about 1109, several years after Godefroi's divorce of his first wife, he remarried, to Ermesinde de Luxembourg, the daughter of Conrad Comte de Luxembourg and brother of the then-current count Guillaume Comte de Luxembourg. [1] [2] [4]
Ermesinde de Luxembourg and Godefroi de Namur, each in their second marriage, had five children together: [1] [2]
Albert de Namur - who died before 1131
Henri de Namur - who succeeded his cousin and mother to become Henri IV Comte de Luxembourg and later succeeded his father as Comte de Namur
Clementia (Clemence) de Namur - who married Konrad Herzog von Zähringen (fr: Conrad, duc de Zähringen)
Beatrix de Namur - who married Ithier / Gonthier, Comte de Rethel
Adelaide (Adelis / Aledis / Alix) de Namur - who married Baudoin IV Comte de Hainaut
Successions
In 1136, his wife Ermesinde's nephew Conrad II Comte de Luxembourg died without heirs and his wife inherited the county of Luxembourg, but effectively abdicated in favor of their son Henri, who then succeeded his cousin as Henri IV Comte de Luxembourg. [1] [2] [4] [5]
Godefroi de Namur died on 19 Aug 1139 and was succeeded by his son Henri IV Comte de Luxembourg who then also became Henri II Comte de Namur. [1] [2]
Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Comtes de Namur 907-1190 - Godefroi de Namur by Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Published by Charles Cawley and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG) 2006-2021, including source citations and relevant texts; hosted online by FMG, accessed 2024; see also WikiTree's source page for MedLands)
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Rouseau, Félix (Conservateur aux Archives du Royaume). Actes des Comtes de Namur de la Première Race (946-1196) (1936, Marcel, Hayez, Imprimeur de l'Académie Royale de Belgique); disponible via Commission Royale d'Histoire de la Belgique Actes des Comtes de Namur (946-1196) - Godefroid, XCVII - CXII
↑ Comtes de Porcien by Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Published by Charles Cawley and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG) 2006-2021, including source citations and relevant texts; hosted online by FMG, accessed 2024; see also WikiTree's source page for MedLands)
↑ 4.0 4.1 Comtes de Luxembourg 963-1136 by Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Published by Charles Cawley and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG) 2006-2021, including source citations and relevant texts; hosted online by FMG, accessed 2024; see also WikiTree's source page for MedLands)
↑ Comtes de Luxembourg 1136-1247 (Namur) by Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Published by Charles Cawley and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG) 2006-2021, including source citations and relevant texts; hosted online by FMG, accessed 2024; see also WikiTree's source page for MedLands)
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| Person ID |
I59617 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Father |
NAMUR Albert, b. Bef 10 Aug 1035, Namur, Lower Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire d. 22 Jun 1102, Namur, Lower Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire (Age > 66 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
BILLUNG Ida, b. Abt 1035, Saxony, Heiliges Römisches Reich d. 31 Jul 1102, Namur, Heiliges Römisches Reich (Age 67 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
Abt 1066 |
| Family ID |
F26238 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
LUXEMBOURG Ermesinde, b. Bef 1086, Luxembourg, Upper Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire d. 26 Jun 1141 (Age > 55 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. NAMUR Henri, b. Abt 1111, Comté de Namur, Lower Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire d. 14 Aug 1196, Comté de Luxembourg, Upper Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire (Age 85 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. NAMUR Beatrix, b. 1114, Namur, Belgium d. Abt 1160 (Age 46 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F26468 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Family 2 |
PORCIEN Sibylle d. Aft 1104 |
| Marriage |
Abt 1087 |
| Children |
| | 1. NAMUR Elizabeth, b. Abt 1095, Namur, Belgium d. Aft 1148, France (Age > 54 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. NAMUR Henri, b. Abt 1111, Comté de Namur, Lower Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire d. 14 Aug 1196, Comté de Luxembourg, Upper Lotharingia, Holy Roman Empire (Age 85 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: Stepchild] |
| | 3. NAMUR Beatrix, b. 1114, Namur, Belgium d. Abt 1160 (Age 46 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: Stepchild] |
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| Family ID |
F26711 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
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