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Birth:          ABT 1067 of Namur, France
Death:          19 Aug 1139 
Burial:         Florette

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_I,_Count_of_Namur
Godfrey of Namur (attested in 1080; died 19 August 1139) was a Lotharingian 
nobleman. He was Count jure uxoris of Porcéan from 1097 until his death. From 1102, 
he was also Count of Namur. He was the oldest son of Count Albert III and his wife 
Ida of Saxony, the heiress of Laroche.

In 1121, he founded Floreffe Abbey.

Marriages and issue[edit]

Godfrey married twice.

He first married in 1087 Sibylle, a daughter of Count Roger of Château-Porcéan and 
his wife Ermengarde. Together, they had two daughters:
Elisabeth (fl. 1141), married Gervais, Count of Rethel and later Clarembaud de Roscy;
Flandrine, marrie Hugh of Épinoy.

Sibylle and Godfrey divorced in 1105 because of her pregnancy by her lover 
Enguerrand I, Lord of Coucy.

In 1109, Godfrey married Ermesinde (d. 24 June 1143), the daughter of Count Conrad I 
of Luxembourg and Clementia of Aquitaine. She was the widow of Count Albert I of 
Egisheim-Dagsburg. Together, they had the following children:
Albert (d. c.?1127)
Henry the Blind (d. 14 August 1196). He was Count of Luxembourg from 1136 until his 
death, and Count of Namur, Laroche, Durbuy and Longwy from 1139 to 1189. He was 
also advocatus of St. Maximin Abbey in Trier and St. Willibrord Abbey in Echternach. 
He married: 1.Lauretta of Flanders (married c.?1152; divorced 1163, died c.?1175). 
She was a daughter of Thierry of Alsace, Count of Flanders and Margaret of Clermont. 
She was the widow of Count Ivan of Aalst and of Ralph I, Count of Vermandois; she 
had divorced Henry II.
2.in 1168 to Agnes, a daughter of Henry I, Count of Guelders

Clementia (d. 28 December 1158), married in 1130 to Duke Conrad I of Zähringen (d. 
1152)
Alice, married c.?1130 to Baldwin IV (d. 8 November 1171). He became Count of 
Namur in 1163
Beatrix (d. 1160), married Ithier, Count of Rethel (d. 1171)

Emperor Frederick Barbarossa decided that Ermesinde was the heir to the County of 
Luxembourg. The county was transferred to her son, who became count of 
Luxembourg as Henry IV.

Parents
____ Adalbert III (ABT 1027 - 1102)
OF SAXONY Ida (ABT 1030 - AFT 1102)

Siblings
____ Godfrey (ABT 1067 - 19 Aug 1139)
OF NAMUR Adelaide (ABT 1068 - 1124)
____ Henri I (ABT 1070 - ABT 1126)

Marriage To DE CHATEAU-PORCIEN Sibylle (ABT 1075 - )
    m. ABT 1087 

Notes

Parents
DE CHATEAU-PORCIEN Roger (ABT 1040 - )
____ Ermengarde (ABT 1044 - )

Children by DE CHATEAU-PORCIEN Sibylle ABT 1075 - 
DE NAMUR Elizabeth (ABT 1092 - AFT 1141)

Marriage To DE LUXEMBOURG Ermensinde (ABT 1075 - 24 Jun 1143)
    m. ABT 1101 his 2d her 2d

Notes

Parents
____ Conrad (Konrad) I (ABT 1040 - 8 Aug 1086)
DE POITOU Clemence (1050 - 4 Jan 1142)

Children by DE LUXEMBOURG Ermensinde ABT 1075 - 24 Jun 1143
OF NAMUR Beatrix (ABT 1105 - 1160)
____ Henry "the Blind" (ABT 1112 - 14 Aug 1196)
DE NAMUR Alice (Alix) (ABT 1115 - Jul 1169)

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