Godfried II VAN LEUVEN-BRABANT hertog van Neder-Lotharingen ¹⁸⁹⁶

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  General Notes:

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 Leuven.

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.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Title Of Nobility: Duke of Branant, in 1139,. ¹⁸⁹⁹

2. Title Of Nobility: Duke Of LORRAINE, on an unknown date,. ¹⁸⁹⁹

Godfried married Luitgarde of Sulzbach, daughter of Berengar II. VON SULZBACH and Adelheid VON WOLFRATSHAUSEN-DIEßEN, about 1139.¹⁸⁹⁹ (Luitgarde of Sulzbach was born on 18 November 1109 in Sulzbach, Aichach, Aichach-Friedberg, Bavaria, Germany,¹⁸⁹⁶ died on 2 January 1162 ¹⁸⁹⁶ and was buried in Löwen-Altstadt Provinz Flämisch-Brabant/Belgien ¹⁸⁹⁶.)