Eustace I of Boulogne
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Eustace I, count of Boulogne
, was a son of Count Baldwin II of Boulogne and Adelina of Holland
. He held the county from 1046 until his death in 1049.
, daughter of Lambert I
, Count of Leuven
and Gerberga of Lower Lorraine
and had three children:
Count of Boulogne
The county of Boulogne was a historical region in the Low Countries. It consisted of a part of the present-day French département of the Pas-de-Calais , in parts of which there is still a Dutch-speaking minority....
, was a son of Count Baldwin II of Boulogne and Adelina of Holland
Adelina of Holland
Aleina Adelina of Holland was a daughter of Arnulf, Count of Holland and Lutgardis of Luxemburg. She first married to Baldwin II, Count of Boulogne and then to Enguerrand I of Ponthieu....
. He held the county from 1046 until his death in 1049.
Family and children
He was married to Matilda of LeuvenMaud of Boulogne
Maud of Boulogne may refer to:*Matilda of Leuven, countess consort of Boulogne as wife of Eustace I of Boulogne*Matilda I of Boulogne, great-granddaughter of the previous, was reigning countess and queen consort of England, as wife of king Stephen*Mathilde of Flanders, her granddaughter, was...
, daughter of Lambert I
Lambert I of Leuven
Lambert I of Leuven nicknamed "The Bearded" was the first Count of Leuven in 1003...
, Count of Leuven
Counts of Leuven
Near the end of the 10th century, the County of Leuven emerged when granted to Lambert I by the German Emperor. Originally limited by the rivers Demer, Dijle and Velp, that is more or less the region known today as Hageland, the County of Leuven rapidly increased in size and power...
and Gerberga of Lower Lorraine
Gerberga of Lower Lorraine
Gerberga of Lower Lorraine, Countess of Louvain, was the daughter of Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, himself the son of Louis IV of France and Gerberga of Saxony. She married Lambert I, Count of Louvain and had a daughter, Matilda or Maud, who married Eustace I, Count of Boulogne....
and had three children:
- Eustace II of BoulogneEustace II of BoulogneEustace II, , also known as Eustace aux Gernons was count of Boulogne from 1049–1087, fought on the Norman side at the Battle of Hastings, and afterwards received a large honour in England. He is one of the few proven Companions of William the Conqueror.He was the son of Eustace I...
- Lambert II, Count of LensLambert II, Count of LensLambert II, Count of Lens was a French nobleman.He was the son of Eustace I, Count of Bologne and of Maud de Leuven . He married Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale, daughter of Robert I, Duke of Normandy. Lambert was killed at the Battle of Lille. He had a daughter, Judith of Lens and two...
- Gerberga, married Frederick, Duke of Lower LorraineFrederick, Duke of Lower LorraineFrederick of Luxembourg was the count of Malmedy from 1035 and duke of Lower Lorraine from 1046. He was a younger son of Frederick, lord of Gleiberg, and Ermentrude, and grandson of Siegfried, Count of Luxembourg, hence his name....