Godefroi VII DE LOUVAIN, Duke of Lower Lotharingia
- Born: 1142, Lorraine, Moselle, France
- Married (1): 1160
- Married (2): 1172
- Died: 10 Aug 1190
- Buried: église collégiale de Saint Pierre, Louvain, Brabant, Belgium
 Research Notes:
The Annales Parchenses name "Godefridus unius anni puer" as successor of "Godefridus dux iunior frater Heinric comitis".
He was installed in 1142 as GODEFROI VII Duke of Lower Lotharingia in succession to his father. The Oude Kronik van Brabant records that "Henricus comes Lymburgensis" attempted to deprive "Godefridi junioris" of his duchy, which "Henricus avus suus et Walramus pater suus" held previously, in the second year of his reign. Duke of Louvain 1147. Comte de Brabant 1153. The Annales Blandinienses record "Godefridus dux Lovaniensis" taking part with Philippe Count of Flanders and his brother Mathieu Comte de Boulogne in a military expedition against Holland in 1166. Vogt von Tengerloo 1175. "Godefridus dux Lotharingie" returned property to Aachen St Maria, in the presence of "filiis meis Heinrico milite, Alberto clerico", by charter dated Sep 1185.
The Annales Blandinienses record the death in 1190 of "Godefridus dux Lotharingie". The Oude Kronik van Brabant records the death "XII Kal Sep" in 1190 of "Godefridus dux Lotharingie" aged 48, and his burial with his first wife "in ecclesia Sancti Petri Lovaniensis". 1
Marriage Information:
Godefroi married Margareta VAN LIMBURG, daughter of Duke Hendrik II VAN LIMBURG, Count of Arlon and Mathilde VON SAFFENBERG, Heiress of Rolduc (Rode), in 1160. (Margareta VAN LIMBURG died in 1172.)
Marriage Information:
Godefroi also married Imagine VAN LOOZ, daughter of Louis I VAN LOOZ, Count of Rieneck, and Agnes VON METZ, Heiress of Longwy, in 1172. Imagine VAN LOOZ died on 5 Jun 1214.) |
