Alice of Namur
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Alice of Namur was the heiress of Namur
when her brother Henry IV of Luxembourg
died childless in 1196. She was the wife of Baldwin IV Count of Hainault. Her parents were Godfrey I of Namur and Ermesinda the daughter of Conrad I of Luxembourg
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Her children with Baldwin IV of Hainaut were:
Marquis of Namur
Namur was a county of the Carolingian and later Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries. Its territories largely correspond with the present-day Belgian arrondissement Namur plus the northwestern part of the arrondissement Dinant....
when her brother Henry IV of Luxembourg
Henry IV of Luxembourg
Henry IV , called the Blind , was count of Luxembourg from 1136 and count of Namur from 1139 until his abdication in 1189. He was the son of Godfrey I of Namur and Ermesinda, daughter of Conrad I of Luxembourg.He inherited the counties of La Roche and Durbuy from his cousins Henry II of Durbuy and...
died childless in 1196. She was the wife of Baldwin IV Count of Hainault. Her parents were Godfrey I of Namur and Ermesinda the daughter of Conrad I of Luxembourg
Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg
Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg was count of Luxembourg , succeeding his father Giselbert of Luxembourg.He was embroiled in an argument with the archbishop of Trier as to the abbaye Saint-Maximin in Trier which he had avowed. The archbishop excommunicated him Conrad had to make honourable amends and...
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Her children with Baldwin IV of Hainaut were:
- Yolande (1131–1202), wife of Hugh IV Count of St Pol
- Baldwin (1134–1147)
- Agnes (1142–1168)
- Geoffrey, Count of Ostervant (1147–1163)
- William, married Mahaut de Lalaing
- Lauretta (1150–1181), wife of Bouchard IV Count of Montmorency
- Baldwin V, Count of HainautBaldwin V, Count of HainautBaldwin V of Hainaut was count of Hainaut , count of Flanders as Baldwin VIII and margrave of Namur as Baldwin I .-History:...
(1150–1195), later Count of FlandersCount of FlandersThe Count of Flanders was the ruler or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders from the 9th century until the abolition of the position by the French revolutionaries in 1790....
by marriage to Margaret I of Flanders