Sir Godfrey DE LOVAINE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Custodian of the honour and castle of Eye, Suffolk

Godfrey married Alice DE HASTINGS about 1199. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Matthew DE LOVAINE was born in of Little Easton, Essex; died before Jun 1258.

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Excerpt from Wikipedia:
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 Imagina VAN LOOZ in 1180. Imagina died in 1214. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]