Albert I, Count of Namur

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Name Albert Count Died 1011, Namur, Belgium		Parents Robert of Namur
Spouse Ermengarde of Lower Lorraine Children Albert II, Count of Namur, Robert II, Count of Namur Grandchildren Albert III, Count of Namur
Great grandchildren Godfrey I, Count of Namur

Albert I (died ca. 1011) was the son of Robert I, Count of Lomme. He became Count of Namur in 998.

He married Ermengarde, daughter of Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, and had the following sons:

Robert II, Count of Namur died without issue and was succeeded by his younger brother Albert

Albert II, Count of Namur was father of Hedwige of Namur, who married Gerard, Duke of Lorraine. They were the great-great-grandparents of Beatrice, who married Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.

There are some doubts about the correct list of his daughters, as there are two very different lists given in two primary documents.

The "Genealogia ex Stirpe Sancti Arnulfi" lists:

Hadewide

Emma of Looz

The "Vita Arnulfi Episcopi Suessioniensis" I.3, MGH SS XV.2, p. 879. lists:

Liutgard mother of Emmon Count of Looz, and his brother Otto.

Goda

Ermengarde

Liutgarde and Emma, both with a connection to Looz, are sometimes therefore thought to represent a garbled account of the same person.

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