Duke of Brabant, Marquis of Antwerp
Son of Godfrey de Louvain, Duke of Brabant and Ida de Chiny, born about 1110. Husband of Luitgarde de Sulzbach, daughter of Berengar II of Sulzbach.
After receiving his ducal title, he warred (and won) against Henry II of Limburg, who laid claim to Henry's properties. Godfrey's son, Godfrey III, would marry Henry's daughter, Margaret.
Godfrey died of liver disease.
Information for the bio from "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700" by Frederick Lewis Weis and "Chronique des Ducs de Brabant" by Adrian van Baerland, Antwerp 1612.
Son of Godfrey de Louvain, Duke of Brabant and Ida de Chiny, born about 1110. Husband of Luitgarde de Sulzbach, daughter of Berengar II of Sulzbach.
After receiving his ducal title, he warred (and won) against Henry II of Limburg, who laid claim to Henry's properties. Godfrey's son, Godfrey III, would marry Henry's daughter, Margaret.
Godfrey died of liver disease.
Information for the bio from "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700" by Frederick Lewis Weis and "Chronique des Ducs de Brabant" by Adrian van Baerland, Antwerp 1612.
Duke of Brabant, Marquis of Antwerp
Son of Godfrey de Louvain, Duke of Brabant and Ida de Chiny, born about 1110. Husband of Luitgarde de Sulzbach, daughter of Berengar II of Sulzbach.
After receiving his ducal title, he warred (and won) against Henry II of Limburg, who laid claim to Henry's properties. Godfrey's son, Godfrey III, would marry Henry's daughter, Margaret.
Godfrey died of liver disease.
Information for the bio from "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700" by Frederick Lewis Weis and "Chronique des Ducs de Brabant" by Adrian van Baerland, Antwerp 1612.
Son of Godfrey de Louvain, Duke of Brabant and Ida de Chiny, born about 1110. Husband of Luitgarde de Sulzbach, daughter of Berengar II of Sulzbach.
After receiving his ducal title, he warred (and won) against Henry II of Limburg, who laid claim to Henry's properties. Godfrey's son, Godfrey III, would marry Henry's daughter, Margaret.
Godfrey died of liver disease.
Information for the bio from "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700" by Frederick Lewis Weis and "Chronique des Ducs de Brabant" by Adrian van Baerland, Antwerp 1612.
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