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Generation: 1
Generation: 2
| 3. | Isabel DE BRUS was born about 1160 in Skelton, England (daughter of Adam II DE BRUS and Joanna DE MESCHINES); died after 1230; was buried in Whitby Abbey, N.riging, Yorkshire, England. Children:
- 1. Henry DE PERCY was born about 1195 in Alnwick, England; died on 12 Jan 1245.
- William DE PERCY was born about 1193 in Alnwick, England; died before 28 Jul 1245; was buried in Salley Abbey, Craven, Yorkshire, England.
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| 7. | Joanna DE MESCHINES was born about 1145 in Chester, England (daughter of Ranulph DE GERNON and Maud DE CAEN). Children:
- Peter I DE BRUS was born about 1152 in Skelton, England; died between 1211 and 1222; was buried in Priory, Gisborough, Yorkshire, England.
- 3. Isabel DE BRUS was born about 1160 in Skelton, England; died after 1230; was buried in Whitby Abbey, N.riging, Yorkshire, England.
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| 8. | Godfrey I "the Bearded" was born about 1060 in Lorraine Inferie, France (son of Henry II and Adelaide Of The BETUWE); died on 25 Jan 1139/40 in Jerusalem, Israel; was buried in Effinghem. Other Events and Attributes:
- Fact: Duke of Lower Lorraine
- Fact: Margrave of Antwerp
- Fact 1: Count of Louvain
Notes:
Godfrey I (c.1060 ? 25 January 1139), called the Bearded, the Courageous, or the Great, was the landgrave of Brabant, and count of Brussels and Leuven (or Louvain) from 1095 to his death and duke of Lower Lorraine (as Godfrey V or VI) from 1106 to 1129. He was also margrave of Antwerp from 1106 to his death.
Godfrey was the son of Henry II of Leuven and a countess called Adela (origin unknown). He succeeded his brother Henry III in 1095. He first came into conflict with Otbert, Bishop of LiËge, over the county of Brunengeruz that both claimed. In 1099, Emperor Henry IV allotted the county to the bishop, who entrusted it to Albert III, Count of Namur. Godfrey arbitrated a dispute between Henry III of Luxembourg and Arnold I, Count of Looz, over the appointment of the abbot of Saint-Trond.
Godfrey was in favour with the emperor and defended his interests in Lorraine. In 1102, he stopped Robert II of Flanders, who was invading the Cambraisis. After the death of the emperor in 1106, his son and successor, Henry V, who had been in rebellion, decided to avenge himself on his father's partisans. Duke Henry of Lower Lorraine was imprisoned and his duchy confiscated and given to Godfrey. After Henry escaped from prison, he tried to retake his duchy and captured Aachen, but ultimately failed.
In 1114, during a rift between the emperor and Pope Paschal II, Godfrey led a revolt in Germany. In 1118, the emperor and the duke were reconciled. In 1119, Baldwin VII of Flanders died heirless and Flanders was contested between several claimants, of which William of Ypres had married a niece of Godfrey's second wife. Godfrey supported William, but could not enforce his claim against that of Charles the Good. Also dead in that year was Otbert. Two separate men were elected to replace him and Godfrey again sided with the loser.
By marrying his daughter Adeliza to Henry I of England, who was also the father-in-law of the emperor, he greatly increased his prestige. However, Henry V died in 1125 and Godfrey supported Conrad of Hohenstaufen, the duke of Franconia, against Lothair of Supplinburg. Lothair was elected. Lothair withdrew the duchy of Lower Lorraine and granted it to Waleran, the son of Henry, whom Henry V had deprived in 1106. Nonetheless, Godfrey maintained the margraviate of Antwerp and retained the ducal title (which would in 1183 become Duke of Brabant).
After the assassination of Charles the Good in 1127, the Flemish succession was again in dispute. William Clito prevailed, but was soon fraught with revolts. Godfrey intervened on behalf of Thierry of Alsace, who prevailed against Clito. Godfrey continued to war against LiËge and Namur.
Godfrey spent his last years in the abbey of Affligem. He died of old age on 25 January 1139 and was buried in the left aisle of the abbey church. He is sometimes said to have passed in 1140, but this is an error.
Godfrey married Ida Of Chiny And NAMUR about 1100. Ida (daughter of Otto II and Adelaide Of NAMUR) was born in 1083 in Namur, Belgium; died after 1125. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 9. | Ida Of Chiny And NAMUR was born in 1083 in Namur, Belgium (daughter of Otto II and Adelaide Of NAMUR); died after 1125. Other Events and Attributes:
Children:
- Adela Of LOUVAIN was born between 1103 and 1105 in Brabant, Netherlands; died between 23 Mar and 23 Apr 1151 in Afflingham, Flanders, France; was buried on 23 Apr 1151 in Affllighem, Flanders.
- Ida Princess Of Lower LORRAINE was born about 1106 in Brabant, Netherlands.
- Duke of Lower Lorraine Godfrey II was born about 1108 in Louvain, Brabant; died on 13 Jun 1142.
- 4. Jocelin LOUVAIN was born about 1123 in Louvain, Belgium; died in 1180 in Egmanaton, Nottinghamshire, England.
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| 13. | Jueta DE ARCHES was born about 1116 in Thorp Arch, Yorkshire, England (daughter of William DE ARCHES and JUETA); died about 1206. Other Events and Attributes:
Children:
- 6. Adam II DE BRUS was born about 1143 in of Skelton in Cleveland; died in 1196 in Skelton, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Priory, Gisborough, Yorkshire, England.
- William BRUS was born about 1136.
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