Peerage Record – 10251

     Godefroi I de Louvain, Duc de Basse-Lorraine was born circa 1074 at Lorraine, France^G.² He was the son of Henri II, Comte de Louvain and Adèle de Bettau.¹ He married, firstly, Ida de Chiny, daughter of Otto II, Comte de Chiny and Adelaide de Namur, circa 1105.³ He married, secondly, Clementia de Bourgogne, daughter of Guillaume I, Comte Palatin de Bourgogne and Stephanie de Lorraine, after 1121.¹ He died on 25 January 1140 at Jerusalem, Israel^G.²
     Godefroi I de Louvain, Duc de Basse-Lorraine also went by the nick-name of Godefroi ‘le Barbu’ (or in English, Geoffrey ‘the Bearded.¹‘) He gained the title of Marquis de Antwerp.¹ He gained the title of Comte de Louvain.¹ He gained the title of Duc de Brabant in 1106.¹

     Maud de Blois was born before 1099. She was the daughter of Stephen II Henry, Comte de Blois and Adela de Normandie.¹ She married Richard d‘Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester, son of Hugh d‘Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester and Ermentrude de Clermont, in 1115 at Barfleur, Normandy, France^G.² She died on 25 November 1120 at Barfleur, Normandy, France^G, drowned in the wreck of the White Ship.²
     She was also known as Matilda de Blois.² She was also known as Lucy de Blois.²

     Guillaume de Blois, Seigneur de Sully was born in 1081.² He was the son of Stephen II Henry, Comte de Blois and Adela de Normandie. He married Agnes de Sulli, daughter of Giles de Sulli, Lord of Sulli.¹ He died in 1150.^1,2
     He gained the title of Comte de Chartres.¹ He suffered from imbecility.³

     Agnes de Sulli was born in 1080.¹ She was the daughter of Giles de Sulli, Lord of Sulli. She married Guillaume de Blois, Seigneur de Sully, son of Stephen II Henry, Comte de Blois and Adela de Normandie.² She died after 1110.²

     Gerard van Gelre was born in 1140.² He was the son of Hendrik I Graaf van Gelre en Zutphen and Agnes von Arnstein.² He married Ida d‘Alsace-Vlaanderen, Comtesse de Boulogne, daughter of Matthias d‘Alsace, Comte de Flandre et Boulogne and Marie de Boulogne, Comtesse de Boulogne, in 1181. He died in 1182, without issue.^1,2

     Matilda Prinzessin von Kärnten was born circa 1105. She was the daughter of Engelbert II von Sponheim Markgraf von Istria und Verona, Herzog von Kärnten and Uta von Passau.² She married Thibaud IV, Comte de Blois, son of Stephen II Henry, Comte de Blois and Adela de Normandie, in 1123.³ She died on 13 December 1160.²

     Engelbert II von Sponheim Markgraf von Istria und Verona, Herzog von Kärnten was the son of Engelbert I von Sponheim Graf im Pustertal und Kraiggau and Hedwig von Eppenstein.¹ He married Uta von Passau, daughter of Ulrich Burggraf von Passau Graf von Finningen, Graf im Isengau and Adelheid von Megling-Frontenhausen.¹ He died on 13 April 1141 at Monastery Seeon, Seeon-Seebruck, Switzerland.¹

     Geoffrey VI d‘Anjou, Comte d’Anjou et Nantes was born on 1 June 1134 at Rouen, Caux, France^G.² He was also reported to have been born on 1 June 1134. He was the son of Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Comte d’Anjou et Maine and Matilda ‘the Empress’ of England. He died on 26 July 1158 at age 24 at Nantes, Bretagne, France^G.² He was buried at Nantes, Bretagne, France^G.²
     He gained the title of Comte d’Anjou circa 1150. He gained the title of Comte de Nantes circa 1150.²

     William de Poitou, Comte de Poitou was born circa July 1136 at Argentan, Normandy, France^G.² He was the son of Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Comte d’Anjou et Maine and Matilda ‘the Empress’ of England. He died on 30 January 1164 at Rouen, Caux, France^G.² He was buried at Rouen Cathedral, Rouen, Caux, France^G.³
     He gained the title of Comte de Poitou.¹

     Guillaume X, Duc d’Aquitaine was born in 1099. He was the son of Guillaume IX, Duc d’Aquitaine and Philippa de Toulouse.² He married Eleanor Châtellérault de Rochefoucauld, daughter of Aimery I de Rochefoucauld, Vicomte de Châtellérault and Dangereuse de l‘Isle-Bouchaard.¹ He died on 9 April 1137.³
     Guillaume X, Duc d’Aquitaine also went by the nick-name of Guillaume ‘the Toulousan’.² He gained the title of Comte de Poitou.⁴ He succeeded as the Duc d’Aquitaine in 1126.²