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Gerberga of Lower Lorraine

Female 975 - 1017  (43 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Gerberga of Lower Lorraine was born about 975; died after 1017; was buried in Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles, Wallonia, Belguim.

    Gerberga married Lambert I "the Bearded", Count of Louvain and Mons about 990. Lambert (son of Regnier III "Longhals", Count of Hainaut and Adele of Louvain) was born about 952; died on 12 Sep 1015 in near Florennes; was buried in Nivelles, Wallonia, Belguim. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Lambert II, Count of Louvain and Brussels  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 990; died on 19 Jun 1054 in Tournai, Wallonia, Belgium; was buried in Nivelles, Wallonia, Belguim.
    2. 3. Matilda of Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lambert II, Count of Louvain and Brussels Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gerberga1) was born about 990; died on 19 Jun 1054 in Tournai, Wallonia, Belgium; was buried in Nivelles, Wallonia, Belguim.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Miscellaneous: say 1040; Lambert arranged to transfer the remains of Saint Gudule to the St. Michael church. This church, thereafter known as Saints-Michel-et-Gudule, developed to become St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral.
    • Military: 1054; In 1054 he took up arms against Emperor Henry III, and lost his life at Tounai.
    • Last Full Review: 3 Jun 2020

    Lambert married Oda on Yes, date unknown. Oda (daughter of Gonzelon I, Margrave of Antwerp, Count of Verdun, and Duke of Lower Lorraine) died on 23 Oct 1044. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Henry II of Brabant, Count of Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1020; died in 1078/79; was buried in Nivelles, Wallonia, Belguim.
    2. 5. Adela of Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 6. Raginar of Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1077.

  2. 3.  Matilda of Louvain Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gerberga1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: She was also called Maud.

    Matilda married Eustace I, Count of Boulogne on Yes, date unknown. Eustace (son of Baldwin III, Count of Boulogne and Aleida) was born about 1004; died in 1049. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Eustace II "aux Gernons", Count of Boulogne and Lens  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1020 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France; died in 1093.
    2. 8. Gerberge  Descendancy chart to this point died before 1049.
    3. 9. Lambert of Boulogne, Count of Lens in Artrois  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1022 in Lens, Hauts-de-France, France; died in 1054 in Phalampin, Hauts-de-France, France.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Henry II of Brabant, Count of Louvain Descendancy chart to this point (2.Lambert2, 1.Gerberga1) was born about 1020; died in 1078/79; was buried in Nivelles, Wallonia, Belguim.

    Henry married Adelaide of the Betuwe on Yes, date unknown. Adelaide (daughter of Eberhard von der Betuwe und Tristerbaut, Count in the Betuwe) was born about 1045; died after 1086. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Godfrey I of Brabant "the Beareded", Duke of Brabant and Lower Lorraine  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1060; died on 25 Jan 1139; was buried in Affligem Abbey, Affligem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
    2. 11. Ida of Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1065; died in 1139.

  2. 5.  Adela of Louvain Descendancy chart to this point (2.Lambert2, 1.Gerberga1)

    Family/Spouse: Otto I, Margrave of Meissen, and Count of Weimar. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Dedi I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 6.  Raginar of Louvain Descendancy chart to this point (2.Lambert2, 1.Gerberga1) died in 1077.

  4. 7.  Eustace II "aux Gernons", Count of Boulogne and LensEustace II "aux Gernons", Count of Boulogne and Lens Descendancy chart to this point (3.Matilda2, 1.Gerberga1) was born about 1020 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France; died in 1093.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: Aux Gernons translates to with moustaches.
    • Military: 1047; He joined Godfrey II, duke of Lotharingia, in an unsuccessful rebellion against Emperor Henry III in 1047.
    • Religion: 1049; As a consequence of his revolt against the Emperor, Pope Leo IX, a close ally of the emperor, excommunicated Eustace at the Council of Rheims in 1049. "Excommunicavit etiam Comites Angelrai et Eustacium propter incestum, et Hugonem de Braina, quia legitimam uxorem dimiserat, et aliam sibi in matrimonio sociaverat”. The reason given for the excommunication was incest. Pope Leo IX had been attempting to reform the papacy by condemning marriages within seven degrees of consanguinity. Although neither wife is mentioned by name both were related to Eustace within the prohibited degree.
    • Title(s): 1049; Eustace succeeded his father in 1049 as Count of Boulogne.
    • Travel: 1051, England; Eustace visited England in 1051, and was received with honor at the court of Edward the Confessor. Edward and Eustace were former brothers-in-law and remained political allies.
    • Title(s): 1054; In 1054 he became the Count of Lens.
    • Military: 14 Oct 1066, Hastings, Sussex, England; He fought at the Battle of Hastings and is one of the few proven companions of William the Conqueror. Sources vary regarding the details of his conduct during the battle. The contemporary chronicler William of Poitiers wrote concerning him: With a harsh voice he (Duke William) called to Eustace of Boulogne, who with 50 knights was turning in flight and was about to give the signal for retreat. This man came up to the Duke and said in his ear that he ought to retire since he would court death if he went forward. But at the very moment when he uttered the words Eustace was struck between the shoulders with such force that blood gushed out from his mouth and nose and half dead he only made his escape with the aid of his followers. The depiction in the Bayeux Tapestry shows a knight carrying a banner who rides up to Duke William and points excitedly with his finger towards the rear of the Norman advance. William turns his head and lifts up his visor to show his knights following him that he is still alive and determined to fight on. This conforms therefore with Eustace having somewhat lost his nerve and having urged the Duke to retreat while the Battle was at its height with the outcome still uncertain. Other sources suggest that Eustace was present with William at the Malfosse incident in the immediate aftermath of the battle, where a Saxon feigning death leapt up and attacked him, and was presumably cut down before he could reach William.
    • Military: 1067; After playing a prominent part in the battle of Hastings, Eustace supported an uprising by the townsfolk of Dover against William’s half-brother, Bishop Odo in 1067. The attack was unsuccessful; Eustace escaped but left his nepos, probably Geoffrey, behind in captivity. Eustace was exiled from England following the disaster in Dover, and his English estates were forfeited. But clearly he was more useful to William I as an ally than as an enemy, and the two were reconciled in the early 1070s. William I, who could have been holding the nepos to ensure Eustace’s compliance as a future ally, may have released him during this time. Eustace received a generous new allocation of estates.
    • Last Full Review: 9 Dec 2020

    Notes:

    Name:


    Military:

    Eustace married Godgifu, Princess of England after 1035. Godgifu (daughter of Æthelred II "the Unrede", King of England and Emma of Normandy) was born about 1010 in England; died in by 1049. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Geoffrey de Boulogne  Descendancy chart to this point

    Eustace married Ida of Lorraine in Dec 1057. Ida (daughter of Geoffrey II "the Bearded", Duke of Upper and Lower Lorraine, Count of Verdun and Doda) was born about 1040 in Bass, Lower Lorraine, France (not found); died on 13 Aug 1113. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Eustace III, Count of Boulogne and Lens  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1058; died after 1125.
    2. 14. Godfrey of Bouillon, Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1061 in Baisy-Thy, Walloon Brabant, Belgium; died on 18 Jul 1100 in Jerusalem, Holy Land.
    3. 15. Baldwin I, King of Jerusalem  Descendancy chart to this point died on 2 Apr 1118 in Jerusalem, Holy Land.
    4. 16. Ida of Boulogne  Descendancy chart to this point died on 13 Apr 1113; was buried in Abbey of Le Wast, Le Wast, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France.

    Eustace married Dode on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 8.  Gerberge Descendancy chart to this point (3.Matilda2, 1.Gerberga1) died before 1049.

    Family/Spouse: Frederick II, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Count in the Moselgau, and Lord of Saarbrucken. Frederick (son of Frederick I, Count in the Moselgau and daughter von Gleiberg) was born about 1005; died on 18 May 1065. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Jutta of Luxemburg  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1040.

  6. 9.  Lambert of Boulogne, Count of Lens in Artrois Descendancy chart to this point (3.Matilda2, 1.Gerberga1) was born about 1022 in Lens, Hauts-de-France, France; died in 1054 in Phalampin, Hauts-de-France, France.

    Notes:

    Died:
    He was killed in the Battle of Lille.

    Lambert married Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale in 1053/54. Adelaide (daughter of Robert I "the Devil", Duke of Normandy and Herleva de Falaise) was born in 1029/30 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died before 1090. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Judith de Lens  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1054.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Godfrey I of Brabant "the Beareded", Duke of Brabant and Lower Lorraine Descendancy chart to this point (4.Henry3, 2.Lambert2, 1.Gerberga1) was born about 1060; died on 25 Jan 1139; was buried in Affligem Abbey, Affligem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: He was also the Margrave of Antwerp.
    • Title(s): 1060; In 1060 Godfrey became the Margrave of Antwerp.

    Godfrey married Ida of Namur and Chiny about 1105. Ida (daughter of Otto II, Count of Chiny and Adelaide of Namur) was born in 1083 in Alsace-Lorraine, France; died between 1117 and 1122. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Godfrey II, Duke of Brabant and of Lower Lorraine  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1108; died in 1142.
    2. 20. Adeliza of Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1103; died on 23 Apr 1151 in Affligem, Flanders.
    3. 21. Joscelin of Louvain, Baron Percy  Descendancy chart to this point died before 1180.

    Godfrey married Clemence of Burgundy about 1121. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Ida of Louvain Descendancy chart to this point (4.Henry3, 2.Lambert2, 1.Gerberga1) was born about 1065; died in 1139.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Living: 1107; She was a widow in 1107.

    Ida married Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut in 1084. Baldwin (son of Baldwin I de Mons, Count of Hainaut and Richilde von Egisheim) was born about 1056; died in 1099. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1088; died in 1120.

  3. 12.  Geoffrey de Boulogne Descendancy chart to this point (7.Eustace3, 3.Matilda2, 1.Gerberga1)

    Notes:

    Name:
    As his father was excommunicated, Geoffrey was considered illegitimate.

    Family/Spouse: Beatrice de Mandeville. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Eustace III, Count of Boulogne and Lens Descendancy chart to this point (7.Eustace3, 3.Matilda2, 1.Gerberga1) was born about 1058; died after 1125.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Military: 1125;

    Notes:

    Birth: Weis (1976) gives his birth as about 1105.

    Death: Weis (1976) states he died in 1157.

    Name:
    In later life he became a monk.

    Military:
    He went on the First Crusade.

    Eustace married Mary, Princess of Scotland in 1102. Mary (daughter of Malcolm III "Canmore", King of the Scots and Saint Margaret of Scotland) died on 31 May 1116; was buried in Bermondsey Abbey, Southwark, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Matilda, Countess of Boulogne  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1105 in County of Boulogne, France; died on 3 May 1151 in Hedingham Castle, Castle Hedingham, Essex, England; was buried in Faversham Abbey, Faversham, Kent, England.

  5. 14.  Godfrey of Bouillon, Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Descendancy chart to this point (7.Eustace3, 3.Matilda2, 1.Gerberga1) was born in 1061 in Baisy-Thy, Walloon Brabant, Belgium; died on 18 Jul 1100 in Jerusalem, Holy Land.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Military: Between 1096 and 1099;

    Notes:

    Military:
    He was a leader of the first Crusade.

    Died:
    He died without issue.


  6. 15.  Baldwin I, King of Jerusalem Descendancy chart to this point (7.Eustace3, 3.Matilda2, 1.Gerberga1) died on 2 Apr 1118 in Jerusalem, Holy Land.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Military: Between 1096 and 1099;

    Notes:

    Name:


    He was also the Count of Edessa.

    Military:
    He was one of the leaders of the First Crusade.

    Died:
    He died without issue.


  7. 16.  Ida of Boulogne Descendancy chart to this point (7.Eustace3, 3.Matilda2, 1.Gerberga1) died on 13 Apr 1113; was buried in Abbey of Le Wast, Le Wast, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Religion: say 1090; Ida was always religiously and charitably active, but the death of her husband provided her wealth and the freedom to use it for her projects. She founded several monasteries: Saint-Wulmer in Boulogne-sur-Mer Our Lady of the Chapel, Calais Saint-Bertin Abbey of Cappelle Abbey of Le Wast She maintained a correspondence with Anselm of Canterbury. Some of Anselm's letters to Ida have survived. She became increasingly involved in church life. However, current scholarship feels that she did not actually become a Benedictine Nun, but that she was a "Secular Oblate of the Benedictine Order".

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Traditionally, her burial place has been ascribed to the monastery of Le Wast. Her remains were moved in 1669 to Paris and again in 1808 to Bayeux.

    Family/Spouse: Herman von Malsen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Conon, Count of Montaigu. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 17.  Jutta of Luxemburg Descendancy chart to this point (8.Gerberge3, 3.Matilda2, 1.Gerberga1) was born about 1040.

    Notes:

    Name:
    She was the heiress of Limburg-Maas.

    Jutta married Waleran II, Count of Arlon and Limburg, Duke of Lower Lorraine in 1060/61. Waleran (son of Waleran I "the Old", Count of Arlon and Adelaide of Upper Lorraine) died on 1070 - 1082. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Henry I, Count of Arlon and Limburg  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1060; died in 1119.
    2. 25. Judith  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1118.

  9. 18.  Judith de Lens Descendancy chart to this point (9.Lambert3, 3.Matilda2, 1.Gerberga1) was born in 1054.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Living: After 1086

    Judith married Waltheof II, Earl of Huntingdon, Northampton, and Northumberland in 1070. Waltheof (son of Siward Biornasson "the Great", Earl of Northumbria, Northampton, and Huntingdon and Ælflæd II of Northumberland) was born in 1045; died on 31 May 1076 in St. Giles' Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. Maud of Huntingdon, Queen of Scotland  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1072; died in 1130/31.
    2. 27. Alice of Huntingdon  Descendancy chart to this point


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