Godfrey III

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Count of Louvain
• Fact: Duke of Louvain
• Death: 10 Aug 1186

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He was the son of Godfrey II and Lutgarde of Sulzbach. He was still an infant at his succession. On 30 Mar 1147, Godfrey was present at the coronation of Henry Beregar, son of Conrad III Of Germany, in Aachen. When Conrad left on Crusade, the wars began anew in 1148. Peace was elusive until the election of Conrad's successor, Freerick Barbarossa. By Marriage to margaret, daughter of Henry II Of Linburg, Godfrey united two powerful and antagonistic houses in the region.

In 1159 Godfrey ended the war with the Berthout, Lords of Grimbergen, by burning their impressive motte at Grimbergen. In 1171 Godfrey was at war with Hainault, but was defeated. In 1179, he gave his son Henry in marriage to a niece of Philip of Alsace, Count of Flanders.

Between 1182 and 1184 Godfrey went on a Jerusalem campaign. In the interim, Barbarossa granted Henry the title "Duke of Brabant". Godfrey died in 1190, on 10 or 21 August. He left an increased territory and built the fortress of Nedelaer.

Godfrey married Margaret VON LIMBURG before 1155. Margaret (daughter of Count of Arlon Henri II Duke Of LIMBURG and Matilda VON SAFFENBURG) was born in 1139 in Lorraine, France; died in 1172. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Henri I was born in 1165 in Brabant, Holy Roman Empire; died on 05 Sep 1235 in Cologne; was buried in St Peter's Church, Louvain.

Godfrey married Imagina VAN LOOZ in 1180. Imagina died in 1214. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sir Godfrey DE LOVAINE died about 26 Apr 1226.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Count of Louvain
• Fact: Duke of Brabant

Godfrey married Luitgarde VON SULTZBACH about 1139. Luitgarde (daughter of Berenger II Count Of SULZBACH and Adelaide VON WOLFRATSAUSEN) was born about 1120 in Sulzbach, Germany; died after 1162. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]