Henry II, Count of Louvain

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Spouse(s) Adele Died 1078, Nivelles, Belgium Name Henry Count		Mother Oda of Verdun Noble family House of Reginar Uncles Henry I, Count of Louvain
Father Lambert II, Count of Louvain Parents Lambert II, Count of Louvain Children Godfrey I, Count of Louvain, Henry III, Count of Louvain, Albero I of Louvain Grandchildren Adeliza of Louvain, Joscelin of Louvain, Adelaide of Leuven, Godfrey II, Count of Louvain Cousins Otton de Louvain, Otto, Count of Louvain Grandparents Gerberga of Lower Lorraine, Lambert I, Count of Louvain

Henry II (German: Heinrich, Dutch:Hendrik, French: Henri) was Count of Louvain (Leuven) from 1054 through 1071 (?). Henry II was the son of Lambert II, Count of Louvain and Oda of Verdun. His maternal uncles included Pope Stephen X and Godfrey the Bearded, Duke of Lorraine.

Marriage and issue

Henry married Adela of Thuringa. Henry and Adela had several sons and a daughter:

Henry III, Count of Louvain (d. 1095). He married Gertrude of Flanders (1080–1117), daughter of Robert I of Flanders and Gertrude of Saxony. They probably bore duchess Adelaide wife of Simon I of Lorraine, and countess Gertrude wife to Lambert, count of Montaigu and Clermont.

Godfrey I, Count of Louvain (1060–1139). He married Ida of Namur, who bore at least five children e.g. Godfrey II of Louvain, Duke of Lower Lorraine. later he married Clementia of Burgundy and bore Joceline of Louvain.

Albero I of Louvain, Bishop of Liège

Ida of Louvain married Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut.

References

Henry II, Count of Louvain Wikipedia

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