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Personal data N.N. 

• She was born.
• She died before 1096.

Household of N.N.

She had a relationship with Arnold I of Rode.

Child(ren):

1. Giselbert I of Rode  ????-> 1146 
2. Arnold II van Rode  ± 1080-1129 

Notes about N.N.

{geni:about_me} Hans Vogels, expert in the area of medieval genealogy of the the south of Nederland, suggests that the first wife of Arnold I, count of Rode, might have been a Heilwiga, daughter of https://www.geni.com/people/Siegfried-II-van-Walbeck/6000000043208639285 and https://www.geni.com/people/Guda-Kunegonda-van-Stade-van-Valkenburg/6000000043208678192. This because of the occurence of Arnold I and his sons Arnold II and Giselbert I as witnesses for Guda of Valkenburg in 1106/1107, an indication that the sons were close relatives of Guda. Hans Vogels proposes that:

- Guda's successor Gooswijn of Heinsberg was married to Oda of Walbeck, a daughter of Siegfried of Walbeck

- Gooswijn of Heinsberg acquired Valkenburg because of his marriage

- Siegfried of Walbeck not only was count of Walbeck, but might also have been lord of Valkenburg

- Siegfried of Walbeck might have been the first husband of Guda of Valkenburg

- after the death of Siegfried Valkenburg was not inherited by his daughter Oda and her husband Gooswijn of Heinsberg, but was given to Guda first and only was inherited by their daughter Oda after Guda has passed away

- Siegfried of Walbeck and Guda also had a second, younger daughter that married to Arnold I of Rode and that at least two sons, Arnold en Giselbert, were born from this marriage, and that these grandsons were present as witnesseswhen Guda made her donation in 1106/1107

- the daughter might have had the name Heilwig because the only known daughter of Arnold II (her only known granddaughter) also was given that name and she was not named after her maternal grandmother (Alveradis) or her mother (Aleid)

Hans Vogels clearly states that his is only a theory and that there is no hard evidence to support this theory. For this reason this information should only be presented as a hypothesis and should not be presented as a hard fact (source: Het graafschap, het geslacht en het kapittel van Rode (deel 1)", Heemschild. Driemaandelijkse uitgave van de Heemkundige kring De Oude Vrijheid te Sint-Oedenrode, winter 2005, Jaargang 39, nummer 4, pag. 123-124)

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