Godefroi VI DE LOUVAIN, Duke of Lower Lotharingia
- Born: Louvain, Brabant, Belgium
- Married: Abt 1139
- Died: Between 11 Nov 1142 and 31 Dec 1142
- Buried: église collégiale de Saint Pierre, Louvain, Brabant, Belgium
 Research Notes:
"Ducem Godefridum seniorem eiusque filium…Godefridum iuniorem" donated property "in parochia Braniensi…Dudinsart" to Gembloux by charter dated 1131, witnessed by "Godefridus comes Namucensis eiusque filius Henricus, Henricus minor filius ipsius ducis, Wilhelmus advocatus de Namuco eiusque frater Anselmus…".
He was installed in 1140 as GODEFROI VI Duke of Lower Lotharingia by his wife's brother-in-law Konrad III King of Germany. Duke of Louvain 1141.
The Annales Blandinienses record the death in 1142 of "Godefridus minor dux Lotharingiæ". The Oude Kronik van Brabant records the death in 1143 of "Godefridus Medianus dux Lotharingie" and his burial "Lovanii in templo Sancti Petri". 1
Marriage Information:
Godefroi married Lutgardis VON SULZBACH, daughter of Gf. Berengar III VON SULZBACH and Adelheid VON WOLFRATSHAUSEN, about 1139. (Lutgardis VON SULZBACH was born in Sulzbach, Amberg, Oberpfalz, Bayern and died after 1162.) |
