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Joscelin de Louvain

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Joscelin de Louvain

Birth
Belgium
Death
1180 (aged 59–60)
Egmanton, Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire, England
Burial
Whitby, Scarborough Borough, North Yorkshire, England GPS-Latitude: 54.4885861, Longitude: -0.6077667
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Joscelin of Leuven was a Brabantian nobleman who married an English heiress, Agnes de Percy, and settled in England. He took the name Percy.
He was given lands at Petworth, by William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel. William had married Adeliza of Louvain, Joscelin's half-sister, and widow of Henry I of England.
He was a son of Godfrey I of Leuven and Clementia of Burgundy.
Joscelin and Agnes had at least seven children:
Henry de Percy
Richard de Percy, (d.1244), who was a Magna Carta surety
Joscelin
Radulph, went to France
Eleanor
Maud (b. c. 1164), married John de Daiville
Lucy
The Percy estate was divided between William, son of Henry, and Richard.


Joscelin of Leuven was a Brabantian nobleman who married an English heiress, Agnes de Percy, and settled in England. He took the name Percy.
He was given lands at Petworth, by William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel. William had married Adeliza of Louvain, Joscelin's half-sister, and widow of Henry I of England.
He was a son of Godfrey I of Leuven and Clementia of Burgundy.
Joscelin and Agnes had at least seven children:
Henry de Percy
Richard de Percy, (d.1244), who was a Magna Carta surety
Joscelin
Radulph, went to France
Eleanor
Maud (b. c. 1164), married John de Daiville
Lucy
The Percy estate was divided between William, son of Henry, and Richard.




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