Gertrude of Flanders, Duchess of Lorraine

Gertrude of Flanders (c. 1070–1117), was a Countess of Louvain and Landgravine of Brabant by marriage to Henry III, Count of Leuven, and a Duchess of Lorraine by marriage to Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine. At the time the duchy was the upper Lorraine, since 959 separated from the duchy of Lower Lorraine.

Gertrude of Flanders
Landgravine of Brabant
Countess of Louvain
Countess of Brussels
Reign1090–1095
Duchess of Lorraine
Reign1096–1115
Bornc. 1070
Died1117
SpouseHenry III, Count of Leuven
Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine
IssueTheodoric of Alsace and more
HouseFlanders
FatherRobert I, Count of Flanders
MotherGertrude of Saxony

Life

Gertrude was daughter of Robert I, Count of Flanders (c. 1035–1093) and Gertrude of Saxony (c. 1030 – 1113). Robert was son of Baldwin V of Flanders and Adèle, a daughter of King Robert II of France, and Gertrude daughter of the Duke of Saxony. She was sister of Robert II, Count of Flanders (c. 1065 – 1111), "Robert the Crusader".

Leuven and Brabant

Gertrude married firstly Henry III, Count of Leuven (died wounded in a tournament in Tournai in 1095), of the House of Reginar. He was count of Louvain from 1078 to 1095 and landgrave of Brabant from 1085. At Henry's death, his brother Godfrey I succeeded as count and landgrave. From 1106 he also became duke of Lower Lorraine.

They had four children, probably all daughters (born about 1092-1096), assumingly including:

Lorraine

Secondly in 1096 she married Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine "Thierry" (d. 1115), son of Gérard of Alsace, Count of Metz, Duke of Lorraine (-1070), of the House of Lorraine-Alsace. Thierry was a widower with a son Simon, and a daughter Gertrude. They had the following issue:

Ancestry

See also

  • Dukes of Lorraine family tree
Preceded by
Hedwige of Namur
Duchess consort of Lorraine
10961115
Succeeded by
Adelaide of Leuven
Preceded by
Adelheid of Orlamunde-Weimar
Landgravine consort of Brabant
10901095
Succeeded by
Ida of Namur
Countess consort of Louvain
10901095
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