Lineage of Godfrey I of Brabant, the Bearded who m. Ida of Chiny and Namur

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Each numbered line counts as one generation. The main person listed in line 18, for example, would be the child of the main person listed in line 17. Numbers don't always start at 1.
Generation 19. Regnier III, d. 987, Count of Hainaut; m. Adele of Dagsbourg. Son:

Generation 20. Lambert I, the Bearded, d. 1015, Count of Louvain; m. Gerberga of Lorraine (ancestry at58-20). One child was Maud who m. Eustace, and another was:

Generation 21. Lambert II, b. ca. 991, d. after 21 Sept. 1062, Count of Louvain; m. Oda, dau. of Gothelo I, d. 1044, Duke of Lower Lorraine. Son:

Generation 22. Henry II, of Brabant, b. ca, 1021, d, after 1077, Count of Lorraine; m. Adelaide of Orlamunda, d. after 1086, dau. of Count Eberhard. At least two children:

Generation 23, Ancestor A. Ida of Louvain, d, 1139; m. 1084, Baldwin II (67-24), d. 1099, Count of Hainaut.
Generation 23, Ancestor B. Godfrey I of Brabant, the Bearded, b. ca, 1060, d. 25 Jan. 1139/40, Count of Louvain, Duke of Lorraine; m. (1) ca. 1100, Ida of Namur, d. 1117/22. One of their children is an Arundell and Nance ancestor, and another child was:

Generation 24. Godfrey II, d. 1143. Count of Louvain; m,1139, Luitgarde of Sultzbach, dau. of Berenger 1, Count of Sultzbach. Son:

Generation 25. Godfrey III, b. 1142, d. 1186, Count of Louvain; m. (1) 1155, Margaret von Limbourg, d, 1172/3, dau. of Henry II, Count of Limbourg, and Matilda, dau. of Adolph, Count of Saffenberg. Son:

Generation 26. Henry I d. 5 Sept. 1235, Duke of Brabant; m. (1) 1179, Maud of Flanders (69-27), dau. of Matthew of Alsace. Son:

Generation 27. Henry II, d. 1 Feb. 1247/8, Duke of Brabant, 1235-1248; M. (1) Marie of Swabia (24B-28), d. 1240@ Son:

Generation 28, Henry III, d. 1291, Duke of Brabant; m. Alix, d. 1273, dau, of Hugh IV, b. 1212, d. 1272, Duke of Burgundy, and Yolande de Dreux, d. 1255, both of Captetian descent. Daughter:

Generation 29. Marie of Brabant, d. 1321; m@ (2) 1272, Philip III (25-29), b. 1245, d. 1285, King of France. Daughter:

Generation 30. Marguerite of France, m. as his second wife, Edward I, King of England.

Quoted from "Genealogy of the Nances in Cornwall" by Martin L. "Pete" Nance, 1970.
who quoted from Mr. Frederick Lewis Weis who states: "The Compiler purposely has not had his work copyrighted, so that any descendant or scholar may use freely whatever he desires".

Mr. Harold King Bowen,428 Vista Avenue, Pasadena, California, has compiled and copyrighted "The Book of Adam" which includes'the genealogy of the Bible and its connecting link to most of the royal families found in this section of the NANCE REGISTER.

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