Henry II, Count of Louvain

Henry II
Count of Louvain Count of Brussels
Born	c. 1020
Died	1078
Noble family	House of Reginar
Spouse(s)	Adèle
Issue	Henry III, Count of Louvain Godfrey I, Count of Louvain Albero I of Louvain, Prince-Bishop of Liège Ide
Father	Lambert II, Count of Louvain
Mother	Oda of Verdun

Henry II (Dutch: Hendrik, French: Henri) was the 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 IX and Duke Godfrey the Bearded of Lorraine.^[1]

Marriage and issue

Henry married Adela of Thuringa.^[2] Henry and Adela had several sons and a daughter:

• Henry III, Count of Louvain^[2] (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^[2] (1060–1139). He married Ida de Chiny & 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^[2]
• Ida of Louvain, who married Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut.^[2][3]

Ancestry

See also

• Dukes of Brabant family tree
• Chronique des Ducs de Brabant, Adrian van Baerland, Antwerp (1612).

Regnal titles
Preceded by Lambert II	Count of Louvain 1054-1078	Succeeded by Henry III

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