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Lambert I "The Bearded"

Male Abt 950 - 1015  (~ 65 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Lambert I "The Bearded" was born about 950; died on 12 Oct 1015.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 12 Sep 1015, Florennes, Namur, Belgium

    Notes:

    Count of Louvain.

    "[K]illed at the Battle of Florennes defending his nephew's County of Hainault against the newly created Duke Godfrey of Brabant." [Ancestral Roots]

    Lambert married Gerberga of Lorraine between 985 and 990. Gerberga (daughter of Charles of Lorraine and Adelheid) died after 1017. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Lambert II  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 991 in of Louvain, Brabant, Belgium; died after 21 Sep 1062.
    2. 3. Mathilde of Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 993.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lambert II Descendancy chart to this point (1.Lambert1) was born about 991 in of Louvain, Brabant, Belgium; died after 21 Sep 1062.

    Notes:

    Count of Louvain. Sometimes nicknamed "Baudry."

    "Lambert scorned both temporal and spiritual authorities and in 1054 even took up arms against Holy Roman Emperor Henry III. He was defeated and lost his life at Tournai. [...] During his reign Brussels began its growth. Lambert arranged to transfer the remains of Saint Gudule to the St. Michael church. This church, thereafter known as Saints-Michel-et-Gudule, developed to become St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral. Lambert also constructed a fortress on the Coudenberg hill." [Wikipedia]

    Family/Spouse: Uda of Lorraine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Adela de Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1083.
    2. 5. Henry II of Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1021; died about 1078; was buried in Abbey of Nivelles, Brabant.

  2. 3.  Mathilde of Louvain Descendancy chart to this point (1.Lambert1) was born about 993.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 1004, Louvain, Brabant, Belgium

    Notes:

    Also called Mahaut de Louvain; Maud de Leuven; Mathilda of Lens.

    She and her husband Eustace I of Boulogne were fifth cousins through common descent from Aelfred "the Great" (848-899), king of Wessex, and fifth cousins once removed through common descent from Charles the Bald (823-877), Holy Roman Emperor, grandson of Charlemagne.

    Family/Spouse: Eustace I. Eustace (son of Baldwin and Adelvie de Gant) was born about 995; died about 1049. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Eustache II of Boulogne  Descendancy chart to this point died about 1080.
    2. 7. Lambert II of Boulogne  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1054 in Phalempin, Nord, France.
    3. 8. Gerberge de Boulogne  Descendancy chart to this point died after 1059.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Adela de Louvain Descendancy chart to this point (2.Lambert2, 1.Lambert1) died in 1083.

    Notes:

    She may have been a daughter of Lambert II by an unrecorded wife.

    Family/Spouse: Otto. Otto (son of Wilhelm III of Weimar and Oda) was born about 1005; died in 1067. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Adelheid  Descendancy chart to this point died on 28 Mar 1100.
    2. 10. Kunigunde  Descendancy chart to this point died on 8 Jun 1140.

  2. 5.  Henry II of Louvain Descendancy chart to this point (2.Lambert2, 1.Lambert1) was born about 1021; died about 1078; was buried in Abbey of Nivelles, Brabant.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 1020
    • Alternate death: 1079

    Notes:

    Called "le Ceinture," the Belted. Count of Louvain and Lorraine.

    Family/Spouse: Adelheid. Adelheid (daughter of Eberhard) died after 1086. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Henry III of Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1095 in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium.
    2. 12. Ida of Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Louvain, Brabant, Belgium; died in 1139.
    3. 13. (Unknown) of Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 14. Godfrey I of Brabant  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1060 in Louvain, Brabant, Belgium; died on 25 Jan 1139 in Jerusalem.

  3. 6.  Eustache II of Boulogne Descendancy chart to this point (3.Mathilde2, 1.Lambert1) died about 1080.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Bef 1089
    • Alternate death: 1093

    Notes:

    Count of Boulogne. Also known as Eustace aux Gernons (Eustace with the mustaches).

    Fought at Hastings. Wikipedia: "In the following year, probably because he was dissatisfied with his share of the spoil, he assisted the Kentishmen in an attempt to seize Dover Castle. The conspiracy failed, and Eustace was sentenced to forfeit his English fiefs. Subsequently he was reconciled to the Conqueror, who restored a portion of the confiscated lands."

    Peter Stewart notes that the Worcester (D) version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles mentions Eustache II visiting England in 1051, and refers to him as having in the past been married to the sister of Edward the Confessor, i.e., his first wife Godgifu. He also argues that the year 1057 widely given for Eustache's marriage to Ida is "specious":
    This comes from a forced interpretation by Jacques Malbrancq in the 17th century of an inscription in verse that had disappeared before his time from the collegiate church of Notre-Dame at Lens, stating that canons had been established there "Anno milleno ter deno bis minus uno". The plain interpretation of this is the year 1000+(3x10)-(1x2) = 1028, but Malbrancq took it to mean 1000+((3x10)x2)-1 = 1059. He thought that Ida had instituted the canons two years after marrying Eustace, but he overlooked their charter dated 1070 stating that this had been done by their predecessors, i.e. by his father Eustace I and his mother Mathilde of Louvain.

    Family/Spouse: Godgifu of England. Godgifu (daughter of Æthelred II "Unræd", King of England and Emma of Normandy, Queen Consort of England; Queen Consort of Denmark and Norway) was born about 1010; died before 1049. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: (Unknown mistress of Eustache II of Boulogne). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Geoffrey of Carshalton  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1045; died after 1086.

    Eustache married St. Ida of Verdun before 1054. Ida (daughter of Godfrey "The Bearded" and Doda) was born about 1040; died on 13 Aug 1113. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Eustache III of Boulogne  Descendancy chart to this point died after 1125.

  4. 7.  Lambert II of Boulogne Descendancy chart to this point (3.Mathilde2, 1.Lambert1) died in 1054 in Phalempin, Nord, France.

    Notes:

    Count of Lens; Governor of Lille Castle.

    Killed in the battle of Lille.

    Lambert married Alice of Normandy in 1054. Alice (daughter of Robert I and (Unknown mistress of Robert I)) was born about 1030; died before 1090. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Judith of Lens  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1054; died after 1086.

  5. 8.  Gerberge de Boulogne Descendancy chart to this point (3.Mathilde2, 1.Lambert1) died after 1059.

    Family/Spouse: Frederick of Luxembourg. Frederick (son of Frederick I of Luxembourg and (Unknown daughter of Heribert I)) was born about 1003; died after 1035. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Jutta of Luxembourg  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 9.  Adelheid Descendancy chart to this point (4.Adela3, 2.Lambert2, 1.Lambert1) died on 28 Mar 1100.

    Notes:

    Heiress of Orlamünde.

    Family/Spouse: Adalbert von Ballenstedt. Adalbert (son of Esiko von Ballenstedt and Mathilde von Werl-Hövel) was born about 1030; died about 1080. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Otto von Ballenstedt  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1075; died on 9 Feb 1123.

  2. 10.  Kunigunde Descendancy chart to this point (4.Adela3, 2.Lambert2, 1.Lambert1) died on 8 Jun 1140.

    Notes:

    Heiress of Beichlingen.

    Family/Spouse: Kuno von Beichlingen. Kuno (son of Otto I von Northeim and Richenza) died in 1103. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Liutgard von Beichlingen  Descendancy chart to this point

    Kunigunde married Jaropolk Pjotr Isjaslawitsch about 1073. Jaropolk (son of Iziaslav I, Grand Prince of Kiev and Gertrude-Olisava of Poland) was born before 1050; died on 22 Nov 1087. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Anastasia Jaropolkowna  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1074; died on 8 Jan 1159.
    2. 22. (Unknown) von Wladimir  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1076.

  3. 11.  Henry III of Louvain Descendancy chart to this point (5.Henry3, 2.Lambert2, 1.Lambert1) died in 1095 in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium.

    Notes:

    Count of Leuven.

    Died of wounds sustained at a tournament.

    Henry married Gertrude of Flanders about 1090. Gertrude (daughter of Robert I "The Frisian" and Gertrude of Saxony) was born about 1070; died in 1117. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Adelaide of Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point died after 4 Nov 1158.

  4. 12.  Ida of Louvain Descendancy chart to this point (5.Henry3, 2.Lambert2, 1.Lambert1) was born in of Louvain, Brabant, Belgium; died in 1139.

    Ida married Baldwin II De Hainaut in 1084. Baldwin (son of Baldwin VI and Richilde of Hainaut) was born in 1056; died in 1098 in Anatolia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Arnould de Hainault  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 25. Ida de Hainaut  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1085; died after 1101.
    3. 26. Baldwin III of Hainaut  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1088; died in 1120.
    4. 27. Alix of Hainaut  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1098; died after 1153.

  5. 13.  (Unknown) of Louvain Descendancy chart to this point (5.Henry3, 2.Lambert2, 1.Lambert1)

    Family/Spouse: Arnold I van Aarschot. Arnold died after 1135. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 28. Godfried van Aarschot-Rhenen  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1125; died about 1160.

  6. 14.  Godfrey I of Brabant Descendancy chart to this point (5.Henry3, 2.Lambert2, 1.Lambert1) 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. 29. 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. 30. Godfrey II  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1142.
    2. 31. Ida de Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point died before 27 Jul 1162.
    3. 32. 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]


  7. 15.  Geoffrey of Carshalton Descendancy chart to this point (6.Eustache3, 3.Mathilde2, 1.Lambert1) was born about 1045; died after 1086.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 1105

    Notes:

    Also called Geoffrey of Boulogne, and his descendants called themselves "of Boulogne". Although Kim Anderson's and Richard Joscelyne's "The Parentage of Geoffrey fitz Eustace (c. 1045-1105)" (Foundations 10:98, 2018) makes a plausible case that he was a legitimate son of Eustache II by his first wife, Godgifu, the consensus appears to remain that he was a son of Eustache by an undocumented mistress. Notably, Eustache II gave his own name to his first son by his second wife, Ida of Verdun, who was definitely younger than this Geoffrey.

    Peter Stewart notes (SGM, 9 Feb 2023) that "Geoffrey of Carshalton named his son William (despite the child's maternal grandfather being also a Geoffrey), and William's son & heir was named Faramus. This pattern of extraneous names does not suggest nostalgia for a denied paternal heritage."

    Was Godfrey the crusader the same Geoffrey that married Beatrice de Mandeville? This claim pops up in many places; people doing personal genealogical research are most likely to encounter it in David H. Kelley's essay in Ancestral Roots, eighth edition (line 158A). The short answer: No.

    Both were sons of Eustace II, albeit by different mothers. The claim that they were a single person doesn't hold up. Todd A. Farmerie: "Murray's analysis takes the sole argument in favor of this connection, that the names Geoffrey and Godfrey were, at the time, synonymous, and shows it to be false. This leaves us with two men with the same father but different names, ending up in different places and conflicting family histories -- one with documented children, the other remembered as unmarried and childless -- without the slightest reason to suggest that they were anything but siblings other than personal preference." Additionally, Boulogne and Bouillon are completely different places. Godfrey/Geoffrey's Boulogne is the one on the north coast of France, now called Boulogne-sur-Mer. The region surrounding it, Boulonnais, became an earldom in the ninth century and was later brought to the crown of England by Maud of Boulogne's marriage to Stephen of Blois.

    Geoffrey married Beatrice de Mandeville before 1084. Beatrice (daughter of Geoffrey I de Mandeville and Adeliza de Balts) was born in of Rycote, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 33. William of Boulogne  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1085 in of Carshalton, Epsom, Surrey, England; died before 1130.

  8. 16.  Eustache III of Boulogne Descendancy chart to this point (6.Eustache3, 3.Mathilde2, 1.Lambert1) died after 1125.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Bef 1142, Rumilly-le-Comte Priory, Rumilly, Pas-de-Calais, France

    Notes:

    Count of Boulogne and Lens.

    Died as a monk at Rumilly-le Comte Priory, to which he retired by 1125.

    Family/Spouse: Mary of Scotland. Mary (daughter of Malcolm III Canmore, King of Scotland (Alba) and St. Margaret of Scotland) died on 18 Apr 1118. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Maud of Boulogne, Queen Consort of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1072; died on 30 May 1151; was buried in Faversham Abbey, Kent, England.

  9. 17.  Judith of Lens Descendancy chart to this point (7.Lambert3, 3.Mathilde2, 1.Lambert1) was born about 1054; died after 1086.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 1052
    • Alternate death: Abt 1090

    Notes:

    AR8 says (in a note to 148:22) that, contrary to what was stated in previous editions, Judith was "Adelaide's child by her first marriage to Enguerrand II", but Stewart Baldwin, in the Henry Project's discussion of the three marriages of William I's sister Adelaide, assembles a convincing argument that Judith was a daughter of Lambert of Lens after all. A 19 Nov 2009 post to SGM by John P. Ravilious adds further evidence for the identification of Lambert as her father.

    To be fair, Peter Stewart is unconvinced.

    Judith married Waltheof after Jan 1070. Waltheof (son of Siward and Ælfled of Bernicia) was born in 1027 in of Potton, Bedfordshire, England; died on 31 May 1076 in Winchester, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 35. Alice of Northumberland  Descendancy chart to this point died after 1126.
    2. 36. Maud of Northumberland  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1072; died between 1130 and 1131; was buried in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.

  10. 18.  Jutta of Luxembourg Descendancy chart to this point (8.Gerberge3, 3.Mathilde2, 1.Lambert1)

    Notes:

    Also called Judith.

    Family/Spouse: Walram. Walram was born about 1030; died in 1082. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. Heinrich I of Limburg and Lower Lorraine  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1059; died in 1119.


 

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