Kind(eren):
C. HEREN van BOUTERSEM
Boutersem is located about 5 kilometres east of Louvain, in the present-day Belgian province of Vlaams-Brabant. Satisfactory reconstruction of this family has been challenging, particularly relating to the marriages of Hendrik [V] Heer van Boutersem which have been the cause of much debate over the years. I am grateful to Bert M. Kamp for exchanging ideas about how to resolve these difficult issues.
1. ALARD [I] van Boutersem (-after 1125). "Godefridus...Dux Lotharingiæ et Marchio" confirmed the donation made by "Arnulfus comes de Aderschot cum duobus filiis suis Godefrido et Arnulfo" to Afflighem by charter dated 1125, witnessed by "...Alardus de Balterzem"[826].
Five brothers. Butkens shows them as sons of Alard [I] van Boutersem, shown above[827]. The primary source which confirms that he is correct has not been identified.
1. HENDRIK [I] van Boutersem (-after 1168). Butkens cites charters dated 1149, 1159 and 1164 in which he is named[828]. "Godefridus...dux Lotharingie" confirmed the privileges of Tirlemont by charter dated 1168, witnessed by "...Henricus, Alardus, Sigerus, Willelmus, [F]ranco, fratres de Baltershem..."[829].
2. ALARD [II] van Boutersem (-after 1185). "Godefridus...dux Lotharingie" confirmed the privileges of Tirlemont by charter dated 1168, witnessed by "...Henricus, Alardus, Sigerus, Willelmus, [F]ranco, fratres de Baltershem..."[830]. Butkens cites charters dated 1154, 1160, 1168 and 1185 in which he is named[831]. "...Alardus de Baltershem..." witnessed the 1163 charter in which Godefroi VII Duke of Lower Lotharingia [Comte de Brabant] notified that "Arnoldus de Dyst...consensu fratrum et sororum..." declared himself "ecclesie de Dyst...advocatus" and granted rights to Tongerloo[832].
3. SIGER van Boutersem (-after 1168). "Godefridus...dux Lotharingie" confirmed the privileges of Tirlemont by charter dated 1168, witnessed by "...Henricus, Alardus, Sigerus, Willelmus, [F]ranco, fratres de Baltershem..."[833].
4. WILLEM van Boutersem (-after 1168). "Godefridus...dux Lotharingie" confirmed the privileges of Tirlemont by charter dated 1168, witnessed by "...Henricus, Alardus, Sigerus, Willelmus, [F]ranco, fratres de Baltershem..."[834].
5. FRANCO van Boutersem (-after 1168). "Godefridus...dux Lotharingie" confirmed the privileges of Tirlemont by charter dated 1168, witnessed by "...Henricus, Alardus, Sigerus, Willelmus, [F]ranco, fratres de Baltershem..."[835].