Joscelin of Louvain
Abt 1123 - Bef 1180 (~ 56 years)-
Name Joscelin of Louvain [1] Born Abt 1123 Louvain, Belgium [2] Gender Male Died Bef 1180 Egmanton, Nottinghamshire, England [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 , d. 25 Jan 1139/40, Afflingham, Flanders, Belgium (Age ~ 80 years) Relationship Natural Mother Ida of Namur, b. Abt 1078, Namur, Belgium , 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
- 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.
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