Henry III, Count of Louvain
{{Short description|Count of Louvain from 1078 to 1095}}
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{{Infobox nobility
| name = Henry III
| title = Landgrave of Brabant
Count of Louvain
Count of Brussels
| image = Henry III, Count of Leuven.jpg
| spouse = Gertrude of Flanders
| issue = Adelaide of Louvain
Gertrude
and others
| noble family = House of Reginar
| father = Henry II, Count of Louvain
| mother = Adela of Orthen
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| birth_place =
| death_date = 1095
| death_place = Tournai
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Henry III of Louvain (German: Heinrich, Dutch: Hendrik, French: Henri; died 1095), was Count of Louvain (Leuven) and Landgrave of Brabant, son of Henry II (c. 1020–1078), Count of Louvain and Brussels, and Adela of Orthen (or Betuwe),{{sfn|Ruffini-Ronzani|2020|p=136}} a daughter of Count Everard of Orthen.
Life
At his father Henry's death 1078 he became Count of Louvain.
He was allied by family marriages to most of the nearby lords: he was brother-in-law of Baldwin II of Hainaut, and son-in-law of Robert I of Flanders. The bishop of Liège, Henri I of Verdun, was peace-loving. Henry was able to concentrate on the internal affairs of his lands, without external threats. He supported religious foundations in the western parts, and legislated to reduce lawlessness.
After the death on 20 September 1085 of Hermann II, count palatine of Lotharingia, he became landgrave of Brabant, which was an imperial fief between the Dender and the Zenne.
In July 1095, he took part in a tournament in Tournai.{{sfn|Oksanen|2012|p=118}} Fighting in a joust against Gosuin de Forest, he was mortally wounded.{{sfn|Oksanen|2012|p=118}}
Family
About 1090 he married Gertrude of Flanders (1080–1117),{{sfn|Ruffini-Ronzani|2020|p=136}} daughter of Robert I of Flanders and Gertrude of Saxony.
A genealogy of the time attributes to him four daughters (not named). Since he was succeeded by his brother Godfrey I of Leuven, it is inferred that he did not leave a son as heir. It has been suggested that the daughters included:
- Adelaide, wife of duke Simon I of Lorraine
- Gertrude, wife to Lambert, count of Montaigu and Clermont.
Gertrude of Flanders, widowed, married in 1096 duke Theodoric II of Lorraine (died 1115) and was mother of Thierry of Alsace ("Theodoric").
Ancestry
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| 1 = Henry III of Leuven
landgrave of Brabant, Count of Louvain
| 0 = Godfrey I of Leuven
Duke Godfrey VI of Lower Lotharingia (Lorraine), landgrave of Brabant
| 2 = Henry II, Count of Louvain (c. 1020–1078)
| 3 = Adèle of Orthen (Verdun)
| 4 = Lambert II, Count of Louvain (d. 1054)
| 5 = Oda of Verdun (Lorraine)
| 6 = Count Everard of Orthen
| 7 =
| 8 = Lambert I of Louvain (c. 950 – 1015)
| 9 = Gerberga of Lower Lorraine (c. 980 – 1018)
| 10 = Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine (c. 967 – 1044)
| 16 = Reginar III, Count of Hainaut (c. 920 – 973)
| 17 = Adela
| 18 = Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine (953–993)
| 19 = Adelaide
| 20 = Godfrey I, Count of Verdun (House of Ardennes-Verdun) (d. 1002)
Margrave of Antwerp and Ename, count of Hainault
| 21 = Matilda Billung of Saxony (c. 940 – 1008)
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See also
- Dukes of Brabant family tree
- [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k119172c Chronique des Ducs de Brabant, Adrian van Baerland, Antwerp (1612)].
References
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Sources
- {{cite book |title=Flanders and the Anglo-Norman World, 1066-1216 |first=Eljas |last=Oksanen |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2012 }}
- {{cite journal |title=The Counts of Louvain and the Anglo-Norman World, c.1100-c.1215 |first=Nicolas |last=Ruffini-Ronzani |journal=Anglo-Norman Studies XLII: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2019 |editor-first=Stephen D. |editor-last=Church |publisher=The Boydell Press |year=2020 }}
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