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Personal data Hertog Godfried Iii van Brabant 

• He was born about 1140.
• He died on August 21, 1190.
• He is buried in Leuven (België).
• A child of Graaf Godfried Ii van Brabant and Lutgardis van Sulzbach
• This information was last updated on November 7, 2018.

Household of Hertog Godfried Iii van Brabant

(1) He is married to Margaretha van Limburg.

They got married in the year 55.

Child(ren):

1. Aleidis van Brabant  
2. Gottfried van Leuven  ????-1226
3. Hertog Hendrik I van Brabant  ± 1165-1235 
4. Adalbert van Brabant  1166-1192

(2) He is married to Imena van Loon.

They got married about 1175.

Child(ren):

1. Willem van Perwez en Ruisbroek  ± 1180-± 1225 

Notes about Hertog Godfried Iii van Brabant

Ook: Ook:Graaf Godfried II van Leuven
ALIA Godfey III /de Basse-Lorraine/
reigned from 1142 till 1190

Was amper 1 jr toen zijn vader stierf
Bij dood van zijn vader werd het hertogdom overvallen door de heren van Grimbergen. De legende vertelt dat in het vuur van de strijd de kleine hertog uit het oog werd verloren. Hij was eigenachtig de wieg uitgestapt om te plassen. Deze legende zou aan de oorsprong liggen van "Manneken Pis"

Burried in St Peter's minster church at Louvain

Foundation for medieval genealogy http://fmg.ac:

GODEFROI de Louvain, son of GODEFROI VI Duke of Lower Lotharingia, Duke of Louvain & his wife Lutgardis von Sulzbach (1142-10 Aug 1190, bur Louvain, église collégiale de Saint Pierre). The Annales Parchenses name "Godefridus unius anni puer" as successor of "Godefridus dux iunior frater Heinric comitis"[116]. He was installed in 1142 as GODEFROI VII Duke of Lower Lotharingia in succession to his father. The Oude Kronik van Brabant records that "Henricus comes Lymburgensis" attempted to deprive "Godefridi junioris" of his duchy, which "Henricus avus suus et Walramus pater suus" held previously, in the second year of his reign[117]. Duke of Louvain 1147. Comte de Brabant 1153. The Annales Blandinienses record "Godefridus dux Lovaniensis" taking part with Philippe Count of Flanders and his brother Mathieu Comte de Boulogne in a military expedition against Holland in 1166[118]. Vogt von Tengerloo 1175. The Annales Blandinienses record the death in 1190 of "Godefridus dux Lotharingie"[119]. The Oude Kronik van Brabant records the death "XII Kal Sep" in 1190 of "Godefridus dux Lotharingie" aged 48, and his burial with his first wife "in ecclesia Sancti Petri Lovaniensis"[120].
m firstly (1158) MARGARETA van Limburg, daughter of HENDRIK II Duke of Limburg, Comte d'Arlon & his first wife Mathilde von Saffenberg heiress of Rode (-1172, bur Louvain, église collégiale de Saint Pierre). Her parentage and marriage are deduced from the Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines which names "duce Lovanii Henrico" and "avunculo eius duce de Lemborch…Henrico" when recording their presence at the coronation of "Otto comes Pictavorum" as king of Germany in 1198[121]. The Annales Parchenses record the marriage in 1155 of "Godefridus dux" and "sororem ducis de Lemburg", and the death of "Margarita uxor ducis Godefridi" in 1172[122]. The Oude Kronik van Brabant records the marriage of "Godefridus" in the seventeenth year of his rule to "Margaretam filiam Henrici comitis Lymburgensis"[123]. The Oude Kronik van Brabant records that she was buried "in ecclesia Sancti Petri Lovaniensis"[124].
m secondly IMAGINA de Looz, daughter of LOUIS [I] Comte de Looz, Graf von Rieneck Stadtgraf von Mainz & his wife Agnes von Metz (-5 Jun 1214). The Gesta Abbatem Trudonensium refers to "Godefrido Lovanensi duce" as "sororio suo [=Gerardus comes Lonensis]"[125], but does not name his wife. The Oude Kronik van Brabant records that "Godefridus" married "Ymaynam, filiam comitis Lossensis" after his first wife died[126]. "Godefridus…Dux et Marchio Lotharingie", at the request of "uxoris nostre Imaine ducisse Lotharingie", confirmed the donations to Averboden by "frater eius comes Gerardus de Loen", by charter dated 1188[127]. Abbess of Münsterbilsen 1203.
Duke Godefroi VII & his first wife had two children:
1. HENRI de Louvain (1165-Köln 5 Sep 1235, bur Louvain, église collégiale de Saint Pierre). The Oude Kronik van Brabant names "Henricum…et Albertum" as the two children of "Godefridus" and his wife "Margaretam filiam Henrici comitis Lymburgensis"[128]. He was installed in 1180 as HENRI Duke of Lower Lotharingia, until 1222. Duke of Louvain 1183, until 1198. He was installed as HENRI I "le Guerroyeur" Duke of Brabant in 1191.
- see Chapter 4. DUKES of BRABANT.
2. ADALBERT de Louvain ([1166]-murdered Reims 24 Nov 1192, bur Reims Cathedral). The Oude Kronik van Brabant names "Henricum…et Albertum" as the two children of "Godefridus" and his wife "Margaretam filiam Henrici comitis Lymburgensis"[129]. The Annales Egmundani record that "Albertus frater ducis de Luwon qui episcopus consecratus erat" was killed in 1193[130]. Archdeacon of St Lambert at Liège 1177/83. Provost of St Jean et St Pierre at Liège 1184/89. Elected Bishop of Liège 1191, installed 1192. Cardinal 1192. The Annales Parchenses record that "Albertus filius ducis Godefridi, Leodiensis episcopus" was killed in 1191 at Reims[131].
Duke Godefroi VII & his second wife had two children:
3. GUILLAUME de Louvain (-after 1 Aug 1224, bur Abbaye de Villers). The Oude Kronik van Brabant names "Wilhelmum de Parwiis" as the child of "Godefridus" and his second wife "Ymaynam, filiam comitis Lossensis"[132]. Heer van Perwez en Ruysbroek.
4. GODEFROI de Louvain (-2 Jan 1225/16 Apr 1226). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. He went to England in 1196.

notes:
[116] Annales Parchenses 1142, MGH SS XVI, p. 605.
[117] Oude Kronik van Brabant, p. 60.
[118] Annales Blandinienses 1166, MGH SS V, p. 29.
[119] Annales Blandinienses 1190, MGH SS V, p. 30.
[120] Oude Kronik van Brabant, p. 62.
[121] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1198, MGH SS XXIII, p. 875.
[122] Annales Parchenses 1155 and 1172, MGH SS XVI, p. 606.
[123] Oude Kronik van Brabant, p. 61.
[124] Oude Kronik van Brabant, p. 62.
[125] Gestorum Abbatem Trudonensium Continuatio Secunda IV.25, MGH SS X, p. 359.
[126] Oude Kronik van Brabant, p. 62.
[127] Wouters, M. J. (1849) Notice historique sur l´ancienne abbaye d´Averboden (Gand), Annexes, 14, p. 98.
[128] Oude Kronik van Brabant, p. 61.
[129] Oude Kronik van Brabant, p. 61.
[130] Annales Egmundani 1193, MGH SS XVI, p. 470.
[131] Annales Parchenses 1191, MGH SS XVI, p. 606.
[132] Oude Kronik van Brabant, p. 62.
Ook: van Leuven
Godfried III bijgenaamd de Moedige was hertog van Neder-Lotharingen van 1142 tot aan zijn dood in 1190 (als Godfried VII). Hij was ook landgraaf van Brabant en graaf van Leuven.

Als zoon van Godfried II van Leuven volgde hij nog in de wieg zijn vader op (vanwaar de bijnaam Dux in cunis, "de hertog in de wieg"). Hij beëindigde de Grimbergse Oorlogen door in 1159 de motte van Grimbergen te laten afbranden. Hij veroverde ook de graafschappen Aarschot (vóór 1179), Geldenaken (1184) en Duras (1189).

Zijn huwelijk met Margaretha van Limburg (1155) moest een einde maken aan de strijd met het hertogdom Limburg. Toen Margaretha in 1172 overleed, hertrouwde hij met Imena, een dochter van graaf Lodewijk I van Loon. Als compensatie voor de verdediging van Jeruzalem tegen de inval van de Egyptische sultan Saladin (1183/1184) werd zijn zoon Hendrik I van Brabant door keizer Frederik Barbarossa in het landgraafschap Brabant tot hertog verheven.

Een andere zoon van hem, Albert van Leuven, werd bisschop van Luik

Na zijn dood trad zijn weduwe Imena in het klooster. Zij werd nog vóór 1203 abdis van de abdij van Munsterbilzen.

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