Godfrey de Lovaine

✓ Godfrey de Louvain (d. 1225/26), younger son of Godfrey VII (III), Duke of Lower Lotharingia and Count of Louvain, by his second wife Imagina de Looz; brother of Henry I, Duke of Brabant; came to England 1196; custodian of the honour of Eye (King John, 1208: 'Godofredo de Lovania', whose 'dux Lovan frater suus' had disseised him); held 5 fees at Little Easton (Red Book, 1210/12). m. after 1199 Alice de Hastings, widow of Ralph de Cornhill. Source: Medieval Lands (fmg.ac, Cawley), 'Brabant, Louvain'. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 22 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]