de Namur Family - Ourfolk
Count Albert Iii de Namur B: ABT 1027
Count Albert was born on ABT 1027 .
He is the son of Albert Ii de Namur (ABT 997 - ABT 1063) and Regelindis de Lorraine (de Namur) (ABT 1005 - AFT 1067).
Count Albert was married to Ide (Relinde) of Saxony (de Namur) .
Ide was born on ABT 1045 and died on 31 JUL 1102 .
She was the daughter of Duke Bernard Ii of Saxony (ABT 995 - 29 JUN 1059) and Eilika Margaravine of Schweinfurt (of Saxony) (987 - 1059).
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| ⌈ Count Albert I de Namur (ABT 975 - 1011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌈ Albert Ii de Namur (ABT 997 - ABT 1063) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌊ Princess Ermengarde of France (de Namur) (ABT 975 - 1012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ⌊ Regelindis de Lorraine (de Namur) (ABT 1005 - AFT 1067) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albert's uncle, Duke Godefroid III of Lower-Lorraine, who had no children, had
appointed Godefroid of Bouillon, his sister Ida's son, as his heir. When Duke Godefroid
was murdered in 1076, Albert III disputed his cousin's succession, himself being a
grandson of Gozelon I 'The Great', Duke of Lorraine, as well as a great-grandson of
Duke Gozelon's sister Bonne of Ardennes, the wife of Charles 'The Fat', Duke of
Lower-Lorraine. Albert's attempt was eventually unsuccessful. Initially, neither
contender won, because he German King Heinrich IV appointed his own two year-old
son Conrad as the new Duke, clearly demonstrating that Lower-Lorraine had lost its
significance as a political entity. Eleven years later, in 1087, Godefroid finally did
become Duke of Lower-Lorraine, after Conrad had been appointed King of Germany
(Conrad VII) by his father Heinrich IV, who had himself been crowned as Emperor in
1084 by the rival Pope Clemens III (Clemens hadjust been made Pope by Heinrich
himself, as the replacement for Heinrich's arch-enemy Pope Gregorius VII.)
appointed Godefroid of Bouillon, his sister Ida's son, as his heir. When Duke Godefroid
was murdered in 1076, Albert III disputed his cousin's succession, himself being a
grandson of Gozelon I 'The Great', Duke of Lorraine, as well as a great-grandson of
Duke Gozelon's sister Bonne of Ardennes, the wife of Charles 'The Fat', Duke of
Lower-Lorraine. Albert's attempt was eventually unsuccessful. Initially, neither
contender won, because he German King Heinrich IV appointed his own two year-old
son Conrad as the new Duke, clearly demonstrating that Lower-Lorraine had lost its
significance as a political entity. Eleven years later, in 1087, Godefroid finally did
become Duke of Lower-Lorraine, after Conrad had been appointed King of Germany
(Conrad VII) by his father Heinrich IV, who had himself been crowned as Emperor in
1084 by the rival Pope Clemens III (Clemens hadjust been made Pope by Heinrich
himself, as the replacement for Heinrich's arch-enemy Pope Gregorius VII.)
Great Granddaughter - Countess Ermesinde de Luxembourg - Countess Ermesinde was born on 1186 and died on 13 FEB 1247
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