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Birth:          ABT 1108 of Louvain, present-day Belgium
Death:          13 Jun 1142 
Cause of Death: disease of the liver
Burial:         St Peter's Church, Louvain, present-day Belgium

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_II,_Count_of_Louvain
Godfrey II (c. 1110 – 13 June 1142) was the count of Louvain, landgrave of Brabant 
by inheritance from 23 January 1139. He was the son of Godfrey I and Ida of Chiny. 
He was also the duke of Lower Lorraine (as Godfrey VII), and as such also margrave 
of Antwerp, by appointment in 1139 after the death of Duke Waleran.

He was first associated with his father in 1136, when he first carried the ducal title. 
This was confirmed by Conrad III of Germany, who had married the sister of Godfrey's 
wife. Waleran left a son, Henry II of Limburg, who asserted his father's ducal rights. 
Godfrey and Henry entered into a war in which the latter was decisively and quickly 
destroyed. Godfrey did not long enjoy his victory. He was killed by a disease of the 
liver two years thence. He was buried in St. Peter's Church in Louvain.

He married Luitgarde, daughter of Berengar II of Sulzbach and sister of Gertrude von 
Sulzbach, wife of Conrad III of Germany, and Bertha, wife of Manuel I Comnenus, the 
emperor of Byzantium. He was succeeded by his son Godfrey III in both the counties 
and the duchy.

Parents
____ Godfrey I "A La Barbe" ("the Bearded") (ABT 1060 - 25 Jan 1139)
OF NAMUR AND CHINY Ida (ABT 1083 - AFT 1125)

Siblings
OF LOUVAIN Adeliza (ABT 1100 - 23 Apr 1151)
____ Godfrey II (ABT 1108 - 13 Jun 1142)
DE LOUVAIN BARBATUS Joscelin (ABT 1117 - BEF 1180)

Marriage To VON SULTZBACH Luitgarde (ABT 1120 - 1162)
    m. ABT 1139 his first

Notes

Parents
OF SULZBACH Berenger II (ABT 1080 - 3 Dec 1125)
VON WOLFRATSHAUSEN Adelaide (ABT 1084 - 11 Jan 1126)

Children by VON SULTZBACH Luitgarde ABT 1120 - 1162
____ Godfrey III (1142 - 10 Aug 1190)

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