Godfrey, II Count of Louvain

Abt 1110 - 1142  (~ 32 years)

• Name	Godfrey , II Count of Louvain  [1]
  Suffix	II Count of Louvain
  Born	Abt 1110	Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Jun 1142  [1, 2]
  Buried	Louvain, Belgium   [1]
  Notes	Godefroi II de Louvain, Duc de Basse-Lorraine was the son of Godefroi I de Louvain, Duc de Basse-Lorraine and Clementia de Bourgogne. He married Lutgardis von Sulzbach, daughter of Berenger Graf von Sulzbach, after 1138. Godfrey II (ca. 1110 - 13 June 1142) was the count of Louvain, landgrave of Brabant by inheritance from 23 January 1139. He was the son of Godfrey I and Ida of Chiny. He was also the duke of Lower Lorraine (as Godfrey VII), and as such also margrave of Antwerp, by appointment in 1139 after the death of Duke Waleran. He was first associated with his father in 1136, when he first carried the ducal title. This was confirmed by Conrad III of Germany, who had married the sister of Godfrey's wife. Waleran left a son, Henry II of Limburg, who asserted his father's ducal rights. Godfrey and Henry entered into a war in which the latter was decisively and quickly destroyed. Godfrey did not long enjoy his victory. He was killed by a disease of the liver two years thence. He was buried in St. Peter's Church in Louvain. He married Luitgarde, daughter of Berengar II of Sulzbach and sister of Gertrude von Sulzbach, wife of Conrad III of Germany, and Bertha, wife of Manuel I Comnenus, the emperor of Byzantium. He was succeeded by his son Godfrey III in both the counties and the duchy.
  Person ID	I3072	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Godfrey, I Count of Louvain,   b. Between 1060 and 1074, Lorraine, France ,   d. 25 Jan 1139/40, Afflingham, Flanders, Belgium  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Clementia of Burgundy,   b. Abt 1078,   d. Abt 1133  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	Aft 1121  [2, 3]
  Family ID	F856	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Luitgarde of Sulzbach
  Children	1. Godfrey, III Count of Louvain,   b. 1142, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium ,   d. 21 Aug 1190  (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F2174	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_II_of_Louvain. [S178] thePeerage.com, Darryl Lundy, (Location: Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand;). [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_I,_Count_of_Louvain.