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Godfrey I of Brabant

Male Abt 1060 - 1139  (~ 79 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Godfrey I of Brabant was born about 1060 in Louvain, Brabant, Belgium; died on 25 Jan 1139 in Jerusalem.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 25 Jan 1140, Jerusalem

    Notes:

    Duke of Brabant. Count of Louvain. Duke of Lower Lorraine.

    The Bearded ( "A La Barbe"); the Courageous; the Great.

    Family/Spouse: (Unknown mistress of Godfrey of Brabant). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Joscelin of Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Petworth, Sussex, England; died in 1180.

    Godfrey married Ida of Chiny and Namur about 1100. Ida (daughter of Otto II and Adelaide de Namur) was born about 1083; died between 1117 and 1122. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Godfrey II  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1142.
    2. 4. Ida de Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point died before 27 Jul 1162.
    3. 5. Alice of Louvain, Queen Consort of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1103; died on 25 Mar 1151 in Afflighem Abbey, Brabant, Belgium; was buried in Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England.

    Godfrey married Clementia of Burgundy after 1119. Clementia (daughter of William I "The Great" of Burgundy and Stephanie) was born about 1078; died about 1133. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joscelin of Louvain Descendancy chart to this point (1.Godfrey1) was born in of Petworth, Sussex, England; died in 1180.

    Notes:

    Castellan of Arundel.

    Joscelin of Louvain's mother may have been Godfrey I's second wife Clementia of Burgundy.

    Joscelin married Agnes de Percy between 1154 and 1161. Agnes (daughter of William de Percy and Adelis de Tunbridge) died before 13 Oct 1204; was buried in Whitby, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Henry de Percy  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Petworth, Sussex, England; died before 29 Sep 1198.
    2. 7. Maud de Percy  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 3.  Godfrey II Descendancy chart to this point (1.Godfrey1) died in 1142.

    Notes:

    Count of Louvain.

    Godfrey married Luitgarde of Sulzbach in 1139. Luitgarde (daughter of Berengar I of Sulzbach and Adelheid von Diessen) died after 1162. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Godfrey III  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1141; died on 10 Aug 1190; was buried in St. Peter's Church, Leuven, Belgium.

  3. 4.  Ida de Louvain Descendancy chart to this point (1.Godfrey1) died before 27 Jul 1162.

    Family/Spouse: Arnold II. Arnold (son of Arnold I and Bertha) was born between 1105 and 1106; died on 20 Feb 1147. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Dietrich IV  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1130; died in 1172.

  4. 5.  Alice of Louvain, Queen Consort of England Descendancy chart to this point (1.Godfrey1) was born about 1103; died on 25 Mar 1151 in Afflighem Abbey, Brabant, Belgium; was buried in Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Buried: Afflighem Abbey, Brabant, Belgium
    • Alternate death: 26 Mar 1151, Afflighem Abbey, Brabant, Belgium
    • Alternate death: 23 Apr 1151, Afflighem Abbey, Brabant, Belgium

    Notes:

    Also called Adeliza; Adelize; Athelice; Aeliz; Aleide; Aleyda; Aelidis; Adelide; Adelidis; Adelaidis.

    In 1150 she retired to a nunnery at Afflighem, in South Brabant, where she died the next year.

    Alice married Henry I, King of England on 29 Jan 1121 in Windsor, Berkshire, England. Henry (son of William I, King of England and Matilda of Flanders, Queen Consort of England) was born in 1068; died on 1 Dec 1135 in Lyon-la-Forêt, near Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France; was buried in Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Alice married William d'Aubigny between Dec 1136 and Aug 1139. William (son of William d'Aubigny and Maud le Bigod) was born in of Buckenham, Norfolk, England; died on 4 Oct 1176 in Waverley Abbey, Surrey, England; was buried in Wymondham Priory, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. William d'Aubigny  Descendancy chart to this point died on 24 Dec 1193; was buried in Wymondham Priory, Norfolk, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Henry de Percy Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joscelin2, 1.Godfrey1) was born in of Petworth, Sussex, England; died before 29 Sep 1198.

    Notes:

    He took his mother's name.

    Family/Spouse: Isabel de Brus. Isabel (daughter of Adam II de Brus and Juetta de Arches) was born in of Skelton, Yorkshire, England; died after 1230. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. William de Percy  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1193 in of Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England; died before 28 Jul 1245; was buried in Sallay Abbey, Yorkshire, England.

  2. 7.  Maud de Percy Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joscelin2, 1.Godfrey1)

    Family/Spouse: John d'Eiville. John (son of Robert d'Eiville and Juliana de Montfort) was born in of Egmanton, Nottinghamshire, England; died after Jun 1228. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Robert d'Eiville  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Egmanton, Nottinghamshire, England; died after 1242.

  3. 8.  Godfrey III Descendancy chart to this point (3.Godfrey2, 1.Godfrey1) was born about 1141; died on 10 Aug 1190; was buried in St. Peter's Church, Leuven, Belgium.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: 1142
    • Alternate death: 21 Aug 1190

    Notes:

    Count of Louvain. Duke of Lorraine. Duke of Brabant.

    Family/Spouse: Imagina of Looz. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Godfrey de Lovaine  Descendancy chart to this point died before 26 Apr 1226.

    Godfrey married Margaret von Limburg in 1158. Margaret (daughter of Henry II of Limburg and Maud von Saffenberg) died in 1172. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Henri I of Brabant  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1158; died on 5 Sep 1235 in Koln, Germany; was buried in St. Peter's, Leuven, Belgium.

  4. 9.  Dietrich IV Descendancy chart to this point (4.Ida2, 1.Godfrey1) was born about 1130; died in 1172.

    Notes:

    Count of Cleves.

    Family/Spouse: Adelheid von Sulzbach. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Dietrich V  Descendancy chart to this point was born between 1160 and 1170; died before 1202.
    2. 16. Arnold III von Kleve  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1163; died before 1200.

  5. 10.  William d'Aubigny Descendancy chart to this point (5.Alice2, 1.Godfrey1) died on 24 Dec 1193; was buried in Wymondham Priory, Norfolk, England.

    Notes:

    Earl of Arundel, also styled earl of Sussex. Hereditary Chief Butler of England; Privy Councillor; Constable of Windsor Castle 1191-3.

    According to Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans (citation details below), he was a crusader.

    "William d'Aubigny, Earl of Sussex, s. and h., n 1176/7, was confirmed in that dignity, but the Castle and Honour of Arundel having, in accordance with the policy of Henry II, been retained by the Crown, on the death of the last holder, he did not obtain restoration of them till Richard I restored them to him, 27 June 1190, when (according to the admission of 1433 abovenamed) he became Earl of Arundel. He was, however, styled Earl of Arundel before he received possession of the Castle and Honour, namely, on 18 Sep. 1189, and on 26 Nov. of the same year he witnessed King Richard's Charter as 'Will. Earl of Arundel.' He received also at the same time, the third penny of the pleas of Sussex in the precise words of the grant made to his father. In 1191 he was made Custos of Windsor Castle, and in 1194 one of the Receivers of the money raised for the King's ransom. He m. Maud, widow of Roger (de Clare), Earl of Hertford (who had d. 1173), da. and h. of James de St. Hilaire du Harcouet, by Aveline, his wife. He d. 24 Dec. 1193, and was bur. at Wymondham Priory." [Complete Peerage I:235-36]

    Family/Spouse: Maud de St. Hilary. Maud (daughter of James de St. Hilary du Harcourt and Aveline) was born in of Field Dalling, Norfolk, England; died on 24 Dec 1193; was buried in Priory of Great Carbrooke, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. William d'Aubigny  Descendancy chart to this point died on 1 Feb 1221 in Cainell, near Rome; was buried in Wymondham Priory, Norfolk, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 11.  William de Percy Descendancy chart to this point (6.Henry3, 2.Joscelin2, 1.Godfrey1) was born about 1193 in of Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England; died before 28 Jul 1245; was buried in Sallay Abbey, Yorkshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 1193, Alnwick, Northumberland, England
    • Alternate birth: 1197, of Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England

    Notes:

    "His heart was buried before the Lady altar in the church or chapel of the Hospital of Sandon, Surrey." [Royal Ancestry]

    William married Joan Briwerre about 1226. Joan (daughter of William de Briwerre and Beatrice de Vaux) died before 12 Jun 1233; was buried in Hospital of Sandon, Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Anastasia de Percy  Descendancy chart to this point died before 28 Apr 1272.

    William married Ellen de Balliol about 1233. Ellen (daughter of Ingram de Balliol and (Unknown daughter of Walter de Berkeley)) was born about 1200 in of Alnwick, Northumberland, England; died before 22 Nov 1281. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Henry de Percy  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1235 in of Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England; died on 29 Aug 1272; was buried in Sallay Abbey, Yorkshire, England.

  2. 12.  Robert d'Eiville Descendancy chart to this point (7.Maud3, 2.Joscelin2, 1.Godfrey1) was born in of Egmanton, Nottinghamshire, England; died after 1242.

    Robert married Denise Fitz William before 1229. Denise (daughter of William fitz William and Ela de Warenne) died before 1285. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. John d'Eiville  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Egmanton, Nottinghamshire, England; died before Oct 1291.

  3. 13.  Godfrey de Lovaine Descendancy chart to this point (8.Godfrey3, 3.Godfrey2, 1.Godfrey1) died before 26 Apr 1226.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Abt 26 Apr 1226

    Notes:

    Custodian of the honor and castle of Eye, Suffolk. CP notes that he passed most of his life in England, and that toward the end of John's reign Godfrey was in arms against him but returned to allegiance in 1217.

    Godfrey married Alice de Hastings about 1199. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Matthew de Lovaine  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Little Easton, Essex, England; died before Jun 1258.

  4. 14.  Henri I of Brabant Descendancy chart to this point (8.Godfrey3, 3.Godfrey2, 1.Godfrey1) was born about 1158; died on 5 Sep 1235 in Koln, Germany; was buried in St. Peter's, Leuven, Belgium.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: 1165
    • Alternate death: Abt 3 Sep 1235, Koln, Germany

    Notes:

    Duke of Lorraine and Barbant. Margrave of Antwerp.

    Henri married Machtild of Boulogne in 1179. Machtild (daughter of Mathieu of Flanders and Marie of England) was born about 1169; died between 1210 and 1211; was buried in Afflighem Abbey, Brabant, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Margareta of Brabant  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1192; died on 5 May 1231.
    2. 23. Aleidis of Brabant  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1194; died before 1267.
    3. 24. Machteld of Brabant  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1200; died on 21 Dec 1267.
    4. 25. Henri II of Brabant  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1207; died on 1 Feb 1248.

    Henri married Marie de France on 22 Apr 1213 in Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France. Marie (daughter of Philippe II Augustus, King of France and Agnès de Meran) was born in 1198; died on 15 Aug 1224; was buried in Afflighem Abbey, Brabant, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. Élisabeth de Brabant  Descendancy chart to this point died on 23 Oct 1273.

  5. 15.  Dietrich V Descendancy chart to this point (9.Dietrich3, 4.Ida2, 1.Godfrey1) was born between 1160 and 1170; died before 1202.

    Notes:

    Count of Cleves.

    Family/Spouse: Margaretha van Holland. Margaretha (daughter of Floris III of Holland and Aleida of Scotland) died after 1203. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Dietrich VI Nust  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1185; died on 13 May 1260.

  6. 16.  Arnold III von Kleve Descendancy chart to this point (9.Dietrich3, 4.Ida2, 1.Godfrey1) was born about 1163; died before 1200.

    Family/Spouse: Adelheid von Heinsberg. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 28. Dietrich I  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1192; died on 4 Nov 1227.

  7. 17.  William d'Aubigny Descendancy chart to this point (10.William3, 5.Alice2, 1.Godfrey1) died on 1 Feb 1221 in Cainell, near Rome; was buried in Wymondham Priory, Norfolk, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Mar 1221, near Rome
    • Alternate death: Bef 30 Mar 1221, Cainell, near Rome

    Notes:

    Earl of Arundel; Earl of Sussex. Chief Butler of England; Privy Councillor; Judge in the King's Court 1198, 1200, 1218. A King's man at Runnymede.

    Went on Crusade in 1218; was present at the siege of Damietta.

    "In the beginning he was one of King John's favourites, but he joined the baronial party opposing the King in 1216 after the sealing of the Magna Carta. According to the Barnwell Chronicle, when the barons met in London in 1216 to plan the division of England among them, they assigned to d'Aubigny the government of Lincolnshire. In 1217 he switched his support back to the young Henry III." [Leo van de Pas]

    From Complete Peerage I:236-38:

    William (d'Aubigny), Earl of Sussex, and Earl of Arundel, s. & h. He was a favorite of King John, whose concession of the Kingdom to the Pope, 15 May 1213, he witnessed, and whom he accompanied to Runnymede, 15 June 1215. (d) When, however, King John abandoned Winchester, 14 June 1216, to Louis (afterwards Louis VIII) of France, he joined that Prince, but (consistently taking the winning side) returned to his allegiance 14 July 1217, after the Royalist victory at Lincoln. Shortly afterwards he acted as Justiciar, the young King, Henry III, having restored to him his forfeited possessions. He m. Mabel, 2nd da. of Hugh (le Meschin, surnamed Kevelioc), Earl of Chester, by Bertrade, da. of Simon, Count of Evreux in Normandy. She, in her issue, was (1232) one of the four coheirs to her br. Ranulph (surnamed Blundeville), Earl of Chester. He embarked in the crusade of 1218, and was at the taking of Damietta in Nov. 12 19, but d. at Cainell, near Rome, ("quoddam oppidulum Kainel nomine") shortly before 30 Mar. 1221 (when the news reached England) and was bur. at Wynmondham Priory.

    (d) His namesake of Belvoir became one of the sureties for the King's observance of Magna Charta as 'William d'Aubigny, Sheriff of Warwick and Leicester.'

    Family/Spouse: Mabel of Chester. Mabel (daughter of Hugh of Chester and Bertrade de Montfort) died before 1232. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 29. Isabel d'Aubigny  Descendancy chart to this point died before 1240.
    2. 30. Nichole d'Aubigny  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire, England; died about 1240.
    3. 31. Maud d'Aubigny  Descendancy chart to this point died between 1238 and 1243.
    4. 32. Cecily d'Aubigny  Descendancy chart to this point died after 1260.


 

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