Josceline de Louvain , Lord of Petworth 
Josceline de was born in 1121 in Louvain, Belgium. Josceline de's father was Godfrey Count of Louvain , Duke of Brabant and his mother was Clemence Clementia of Burgundy. His paternal grandparents were Henry II Count of Louvain and Adelaide of Orlamunda; his maternal grandparents were William I "The Great" Count of Macon & Burgundy and Stephanie (Etiennette) de Longwy. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Godfrey II Count of and Adeliza Adela of. He died before September 1180 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.General Notes
Jocelin or Josceline, of Louvain (thought to have died by Michaelmas 1180), of Petworth, Sussex, half-brother of Queen Adela (who presented Jocelin with the Petworth lands), 2nd wife of Henry I, and son of Godfrey I "Barbatus" ("The Bearded"), Duke of Lower Lorraine, by his 2nd wife. [Burke's Peerage, p. 2118]
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Jocelin/Josceline, of Louvain; married Agnes, 2nd daughter but eventual heiress of William de Percy and had issue, the 1st Duke of Northumberland of the 1766 creation choosing the title "Lord Lovaine, Baron of Alnwick" when also given a Barony 1784 in commemoration of this ancestral connection. [Burke's Peerage, p. 1929]
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Lord of Petworth, Sussex & Catellan of Arundel. [Ancestral Roots]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1021 in Louvain, Brabant, Lorraine, France d.< 1079
- b.~ 1060 in Brabant, Lorraine, France d.25 JAN 1139/40 in Jerusalem, Israel
- b.~ 1031 in France d.> 1086
- b.1121 in Louvain, Belgium d.<Sep 1180 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1024 in Macon, Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France d.11 Nov 1087
- b.~ 1078 in Bourgogne, France d.1131
- b.~ 1035 in Longwy, Duchy of Bar, Lorraine, France d.> 1088
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Josceline de and Agnes de were married in a religious ceremony after 1154. They had two sons and a daughter, named Henry de, Richard de and Maud de Louvain de.
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Children
Henry de Percy , Lord of Petworth, Sir
Henry de was born in 1160 in Petworth, Sussex, England. He died before September 1198.
Richard de Percy , of Topcliffe, Sir
Richard de was born about 1170 in Whitby, Yorkshire, England. He died before August 18th, 1244 in Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England.
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