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Henry II of Louvain

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Henry II
Count of Louvain
Count of Brussels
Bornc. 1020
Died1078
Noble familyHouse of Reginar
SpouseAdèle
Issue
Henry III, Count of Louvain
Godfrey I, Count of Louvain
Albero I of Louvain, Prince-Bishop of Liège
Ide
FatherLambert II, Count of Louvain
MotherOda of Verdun

Henry II (Dutch: Hendrik, French: Henri) was the 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 IX and Duke Godfrey the Bearded of Lorraine.[1]

Marriage and issue

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Henry married Adela of Thuringia.[2] Henry and Adela had several sons and a daughter:

Ancestry

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Ancestors of Henry II of Louvain[4]
Reginar II, Count of Hainaut (890 - 932)
Reginar III, Count of Hainaut (c. 920 – 973)
Adelaide of Burgundy[citation needed]
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 (d. 1002)
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 of Verdun (Lorraine)

See also

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References

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  1. Heather J. Tanner, Families, friends, and allies: Boulogne and politics in northern France and England, c. 879-1160, BRILL, 2004, p 300
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Jaarboek voor Middeleeuwse geschiedenis, Uitgeverij Verloren, 1998 Google Books
  3. Gislebertus (of Mons), Laura Napran, Chronicle of Hainaut, Boydell Press, 2005
  4. Parisse (1981), "Généalogie de la Maison d'Ardenne", La maison d'Ardenne Xe-XIe siècles. Actes des Journées Lotharingiennes, 24 - 26 oct. 1980, Centre Univ., Luxembourg: 9–41; Kupper (1981), "Annexe 2", Liège et l'Église impériale, doi:10.4000/books.pulg.1442, ISBN 978-2-251-66228-2