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Henry II (Dutch: Hendrik, French: Henri) was the Count of Louvain (Leuven) from 1054 through 1071 (?). Henry II was the son of Lambert II, Count of Louvain and Oda of Verdun. His maternal uncles included Pope Stephen IX and Duke Godfrey the Bearded of Lorraine.

Marriage and issue

Henry married Adela of Thuringa. Henry and Adela had several sons and a daughter:

• Henry III, Count of Louvain (d. 1095). He married Gertrude of Flanders (1080–1117), daughter of Robert I of Flanders and Gertrude of Saxony. They probably bore duchess Adelaide wife of Simon I of Lorraine, and countess Gertrude wife to Lambert, count of Montaigu and Clermont.
• Godfrey I, Count of Louvain (1060–1139). He married Ida de Chiny & Namur, who bore at least five children e.g. Godfrey II of Louvain, Duke of Lower Lorraine. later he married Clementia of Burgundy and bore Joceline of Louvain.
• Albero I of Louvain, Bishop of Liège
• Ida of Louvain, who married Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut.

Ancestry

See also

• Dukes of Brabant family tree
• Chronique des Ducs de Brabant, Adrian van Baerland, Antwerp (1612).

Regnal titles
Preceded byLambert II	Count of Louvain 1054-1078	Succeeded byHenry III

References

1. Heather J. Tanner, Families, friends, and allies: Boulogne and politics in northern France and England, c. 879-1160, BRILL, 2004, p 300
2. ^ Jaarboek voor Middeleeuwse geschiedenis, Uitgeverij Verloren, 1998 Google Books
3. Gislebertus (of Mons), Laura Napran, Chronicle of Hainaut, Boydell Press, 2005
4. Parisse (1981), "Généalogie de la Maison d'Ardenne", La maison d'Ardenne Xe-XIe siècles. Actes des Journées Lotharingiennes, 24 - 26 oct. 1980, Centre Univ., Luxembourg: 9–41; Kupper (1981), "Annexe 2", Liège et l'Église impériale, doi:10.4000/books.pulg.1442, ISBN 978-2-251-66228-2

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