Joscelin of Louvain

Male Abt 1123 - Bef 1180  (~ 56 years)


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  • Name Joscelin of Louvain  [1
    Born Abt 1123  Louvain, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 1180  Egmanton, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Notes 
    • He was the son of Godefroi I de Louvain, Duc de Basse-Lorraine and Ida de Namur, Comtesse de Namur. He married Agnes de Percy, daughter of William de Percy and Alice de Tunbridge, circa 1154 at Egmanton, Yorkshire, England.

      Joscelin of Louvain (1121-1180) was a Brabantian nobleman who married an English heiress, Agnes de Percy, and settled in England. He took the name Percy.

      Joscelin was given lands at Petworth, by William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel. William d'Aubigny had married Adeliza of Louvain, Joscelin’s half-sister, and widow of Henry I of England.

      Family

      He was a son of Godfrey I of Leuven either of Godfrey's second wife Clementia of Burgundy or of a mistress of his father.

      Joscelin and Agnes had at least seven children:

      Henry de Percy
      Richard de Percy (died 1244), who was a Magna Carta surety
      Joscelin
      Radulph, went to France
      Eleanor
      Maud (born c. 1164, date of death unknown), married John de Daiville
      Lucy

      The Percy estate was divided between William, son of Henry, and his brother Richard.
    Person ID I5719  Bosdet Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 May 2013 

    Father Godfrey, I Count of Louvain,   b. Between 1060 and 1074, Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1139/40, Afflingham, Flanders, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Ida of Namur,   b. Abt 1078, Namur, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1151  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married Abt 1105  [4, 5
    Family ID F857  Group Sheet

    Family Agnes de Percy, Baroness Percy,   b. 1134,   d. Bef 13 Oct 1204  (Age < 70 years) 
    Children 
     1. Henry de Percy,   d. 1198
    Family ID F2362  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joceline_of_Louvain.

    2. [S160] Richard Glanville-Brown, (Location: 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada;).

    3. [S392] Tudor Place, (Location: www.tudorplace.com.ar;), http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/NEVILLE5.htm.

    4. [S188] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED).

    5. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_I,_Count_of_Louvain.