Biography of Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain 1060-1139

Paternal Family Tree: Reginar aka Percy

Before 1058 [his father] Henry Reginar II Count Louvain (age 37) and [his mother] Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain were married. She by marriage Countess Louvain. He the son of [his grandfather] Lambert Reginar II Count Louvain and [his grandmother] Oda Ardennes Countess Louvain.

Around 1060 Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain was born to Henry Reginar II Count Louvain (age 40) and Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain.

In 1071 [his father] Henry Reginar II Count Louvain (age 51) died. His son [his brother] Henry succeeded III Count Louvain.

In 1095 [his brother] Henry Reginar III Count Louvain died at Tournai [Map]. His brother Godfrey (age 35) succeeded I Count Louvain. [his future wife] Ida Chiny Countess Louvain by marriage Countess Louvain.

Before 1103 Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain (age 42) and Ida Chiny Countess Louvain were married. She the daughter of Otto Chiny 2nd Count Chiny. He the son of Henry Reginar II Count Louvain and Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain.

Around 1103 [his daughter] Adeliza of Louvain Queen Consort England was born to Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain (age 43) and [his wife] Ida Chiny Countess Louvain.

Around 1107 [his son] Godfrey Reginar VII Duke Lower Lorraine was born to Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain (age 47) and [his wife] Ida Chiny Countess Louvain.

After 1119 Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain (age 59) and Clementia Ivrea Countess Louvain and Flanders (age 41) were married. She by marriage Countess Louvain. She the daughter of William Ivrea I Count Burgundy and Ettiennette Countess Burgundy. He the son of Henry Reginar II Count Louvain and Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1121. This year was the [his future son-in-law] King Henry (age 53) at Christmas at Bramton, and afterwards, before Candlemas, at Windsor was given him to wife [his daughter] Athelis (age 18); soon afterwards consecrated queen, who was daughter of the Duke of Louvain (age 61).

In 1121 [his son] Jocelin Percy was born to Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain (age 61) and [his wife] Ida Chiny Countess Louvain.

Marriage of King Henry I and Adeliza of Louvain

. 29th January 1121. On the fourth of the calends of February the [his daughter] maiden (age 18) already mentioned as selected for queen was married to the [his son-in-law] king (age 53) by William, bishop of Winchester, at the command of Ralph, archbishop of Canterbury; and on the following day, the third of the calends of February (30th January), she was consecrated and crowned as queen by the archbishop in person.

Note. Some sources say 24th January 1121.

Around 1133 [his sister-in-law] Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy (age 63) died.

Around 1133 [his wife] Clementia Ivrea Countess Louvain and Flanders (age 55) died.

In 1138 [his son-in-law] William D'Aubigny 1st Earl Lincoln 1st Earl of Arundel (age 29) and [his daughter] Adeliza of Louvain Queen Consort England (age 35) were married. She the daughter of Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain (age 78) and [his wife] Ida Chiny Countess Louvain.

On 25th January 1139 Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain (age 79) died. His son [his son] Godfrey (age 32) succeeded II Count Louvain.

[his son] Henry Reginar was born to Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain and Ida Chiny Countess Louvain.

[his daughter] Clarissa Reginar was born to Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain and Ida Chiny Countess Louvain.

Robert II Count Flanders and Clementia Ivrea Countess Louvain and Flanders were married. She the daughter of William Ivrea I Count Burgundy and Ettiennette Countess Burgundy. He the son of Robert "The Frisian" I Count Flanders and Gertrude Billung Countess Holland. They were fourth cousins.

[his daughter] Ida Reginar Countess Cleves was born to Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain and Ida Chiny Countess Louvain.