De Louvain descent through Van Abcoude

[S.F. Rootenberg]

In answer to the question of Jean-Francois Languy regarding the
Leuven-Gaesbeeks:

An extended account of the Van Abcoude (alias Van Abcoude van Gaesbeek,
alias Van Gaesbeek) family can be found in H. Obreen: La maison de Zuylen
dans l'histoire des Pays Pas, including the "seize quartiers" of Sweder III
of Abcoude, Lord of Gaesbeek, Putten, Strijen, etc., and his brother
William of Abcoude, Lord of Abcoude and Wijk. Those quarters are:

Generation I
1.Sweder III of Abcoude, Lord of Gaesbeek, etc., knight, +1400.

Generation II
2. Gijsbert III of Abcoude, Lord of Abcoude, Wijk (bij Duurstede),
Gaesbeek, etc., knight, (1338-1366); x before 1349:
3. Jeanne of Horne, heiress of Gaesbeek and Herstal.

Generation III
4. Sweder II, Lord of Abcoude, Wijk, etc., knight, (1307-), +1347; x:
5. Mabelia of Arkel
6. William IV, Lord of Horne, Altena, Gaesbeek, etc. knight, +1343/4; x
1315:
7. Oda of Putten and Strijen, + before 1322.

Generation IV
8. Gijsbert II, Lord of Abcoude and Wijk, knight, (1289-1301); x:
9. N.N. van Cats.
10. Jan III, Lord of Arkel, knight, (1294-), +1324; x:
11. Kunigunde of Virnenburg
12. Gerard I, Lord of Horne, Altena, etc., knight, +1331-3, buried
Brussels; x:
13. Johanna of Louvain / Leuven van Gaesbeek, heiress of Gaesbeek, +1302-8,
buried Brussels.
14. Nicholas III, Lord of Putten, knight, (1276-), +1311; x:
15. Aleidis, heiress of Strijen, + 1316.

Generation V
16. Sweder I of Zuylen, Lord of Abcoude, knight, (1268-87); x:
17. N.N.
18. Nicholas van Cats, Lord of Schoonhoven, knight, ambassador of Count
Floris V to England (1278 & 1281); x:
19. Beatrice of Burcht (by Antwerp)
20. Jan II, Lord of Arkel, knight, +1297 (in an expediton against the
Frisians); x:
21. Ermengarde of Voorne
22. Rupert, Count of Virnenburg; x:
23. N.N. of Cleves (Kleve)
24. William III, Lord of Horne and Altena, knight, (1266-), +(in battle)
Zierikzee 1301, fought 1288 at Worringen; x:
25. Marguerite (/ Aleidis?) of Looz (Loon) - mentioned by Dek in his
genealogical tables for the history of the Netherlands but listed as N.N.
by Europ. Stammt. neue Folge.
26. Hendrik of Leuven, Lord of Herstal, Gaesbeek, etc., knight,....; x:
27. Isabella of Beveren, +1303, buried Brussels.
28. Nicolaas, Lord of Putten, squire, (1268-76); x:
29. Beatrice N.N.
30. Willem III, Lord of Strijen, knight, (1275-1293); x:
31. N.N. of Borselen

Perhaps a more readily available source of information regarding the Leuven
descent in these quarters would be the 1968 edition of "Gens Nostra", with
a special on Carolingian descents, which deals with the Van
Leuven-Gaesbeeks in detail. Leo Lindeman's "Voorouders in de Middeleeuwen /
Ancetres au Moyen-Age" should also be readily available in Belgian
libraries.

The descent of the Van Leuvens, Hornes and Abcoudes through the Van
Beverens is particularly interesting, since the great-grandparents of
Isabelle of Beveren in female line were Henri, Count of Champagne and King
of Jerusalem (ca.ux.), and Isabelle, heiress of Jerusalem.

The quarters of Johanna van Leuven-Gaesbeek in her own right (13. above)
are as follows:

Genertaion I
1. Johanna of Leuven-Gaesbeek, (see 13. above).

Generation II
2. Hendrik of Leuven-Gaesbeek, Lord of Herstal and Gaesbeek (see 26. above)
3. Isabelle of Beveren (seen 27. above)

Generation III
4. Godfried of Leuven, Lord of Baucignies, Leeuwe and Gaesbeek, *1209, + 21
Jan. 1253, buried Affligem; x before 7 Aug. 1243:
5. Maria van Oudenaerde, + after 24 Aug. 1293
6. Thierry / Dirk. Lord of Beveren and Wallers, castellan (burggraaf) of
Dixmuyden (1224/5-1274); x:
7. Margaretha of Brienne (1236-1245), (she was already a widow)

Generation IV.
8. Hendrik I, Duke of Brabant, Count of Leuven, *1165, + Cologne 21 Jan
1253, buried Affligem; x 1st. 1180:
9. Mahaut / Mathilde of Boulogne, *1161/5, + shortly before 1211.
10. Arnold III, Lord of Oudenaerde and Pamele, knight, + end of 1243,
bailiff of Flanders; x:
11. Alix of Rossoy/Rozoy (1249)
12. Thierry III, Lord of Beveren and Wallers (ca. ux.), + before 1240,
bailiff of Flanders, knight; x:
13. Elisabeth of Wallers (1224-49)
14. Erard of Brienne, Lord of Rameru(pt) and Venisy, pretender to
Chamapgne, + Aug. 1245/6; x 2ndly Acre:
15. Philippine of Champagne-Jerusalem, + after 1236

Generation V.
16. Godfried III, Duke of Nether-Lotharingia, Count of Leuven, * ca. 1140,
+ 21 Aug. 1231; x 1stly Jan 1155:
17. Margaretha of Limburg, * ca. 1138, + 1172
18. Mattheus of the Alsace, Prince of Flanders, Count of Boulogne (ca.ux),
+ Driencourt 25 July 1173; x ca. 1160:
19. Maria of Blois-England, heiress of Boulogne, *ca. 1136, +1182.
20. Gilbert II, Lord of Oudenarde (1169-82); x:
21. Richilde of Tournai (1187-1219)
22. Roger, Lord of Rozoy, Montcornet and Chateau-Porcien, * ca. 1172,
+1246; x:
23. Alix of Avesnes.
24. Thierry II, Lord of beveren, castellan of Dixmuyden, knight, crusader,
(1182-1216); x:
25. Ada of Coucy (of the house of Boves).
28. Andre of Brienne, Lord of Rameru(pt), + (in battle) Acre 4 Oct. 1189;
x:
29. Adelaise / Alix, heiress of Venisy, + 20 March 1221-Nov. 1222.
30. Henri II / I, Count of Champagne, King of Jerusalem (ca.ux), * 29 Jily
1166, + 10 Sept. 1197; x:
31. Isabelle of Anjou-Jerusalem, heiress of Jerusalem, + 1208.

Interesting quarters in the VI.th generation include:
38. Stephen of Blois, King of England, * 1096, + Dover 25 Oct. 1154.
46. Jacques, Lord of Avesnes, the leader of the Flemish and Frisian
contingent of crusaders who died a heroic and bloody death at Arsuf in
1191.
61. Marie, Princess of France, daughter of Louis VII.
62. Amaury of Anjou-Jerusalem, King of Jerusalem, + 11 July 1174
63. Maria Comnena, Princess of Byzantium, great-granddaughter of John II
Comnenus "the Beautiful", Emperor of Byzantium 1118-1143.

[jflanguy]

Lord! So I have a bit of all of these people's blood in my veins?<g>

Seriously, many thanks for the exciting info.

Jean-François in Tournai, Belgium

S.F. Rootenberg a écrit dans le message
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>In answer to the question of Jean-Francois Languy regarding the
>Leuven-Gaesbeeks:
>
>An extended account of the Van Abcoude (alias Van Abcoude van Gaesbeek,
>alias Van Gaesbeek) family can be found in H. Obreen: La maison de Zuylen
>dans l'histoire des Pays Pas, including the "seize quartiers" of Sweder III
>of Abcoude, Lord of Gaesbeek, Putten, Strijen, etc., and his brother
>William of Abcoude, Lord of Abcoude and Wijk. Those quarters are:
>

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