Godfrey de Babartus Duke of Lorraine

• General Notes
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    Godfrey was descended from Count Giselbert, ruler of the Maasgau province (Belgium).
    
    Count of Louvain.
    Also became Duke of Brabant after the Counts of Louvain acquired the duchy of Lower Lorraine with the death of Godfrey of Bouillon in 1095.
    
    Godfrey of Louvain
    
    Godfrey I, Duke of Lower Lorraine (1074 - 25 January 1139) was born in Lorraine, France.
    
    He was the son of Henry II, Count of Lorraine and Adelaid of Orlamuda, daughter of Count Eberhard. He married Ida, daughter of Otto II, Count of Chiny and Adelaide of Namur.
    
    Godfrey and Ida had children Adeliza, of Louvain (b. 1103-23 Apr. 1151), who married firstly, Henry I, King of England and secondly William D'Aubigny (1109-12 Oct. 1176); and Godfrey II Count of Louvain (d. 1143), who married Luitgarde of Sultzbach, daughter of Berenger I, Count of Sultzbach.
    
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