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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 == 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. ) * 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: *# Lauretta of Flanders (married ; divorced 1163, died ). 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. *# 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 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Godfrey I, Count of Namur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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