Gertrude of Flanders, Duchess of Lorraine
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Landgravine of Brabant Countess of Louvain Countess of Brussels |
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| Reign | 1090–1095 |
| Duchess of Lorraine | |
| Reign | 1096–1115 |
| Born | c. 1070 |
| Died | 1117 |
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Henry III, Count of Leuven Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine |
| Issue | Theodoric of Alsace and more |
| House | Flanders |
| Father | Robert I, Count of Flanders |
| Mother | Gertrude of Saxony |
Gertrude of Flanders, Duchess of Lorraine (c. 1070–1117), also Countess of Louvain, Landgravine of Brabant until 1095, as the consort of her husbands. At the time the duchy was the upper Lorraine, since 959 separated from the duchy of Lower Lorraine.
Gertrude was daughter of Robert I, Count of Flanders (c. 1035–1093) and Gertrude of Saxony (c. 1030 – 1113). Robert was son of Baldwin V of Flanders and Adèle, a daughter of King Robert II of France, and Gertrude daughter of the Duke of Saxony. She was sister of Robert II, Count of Flanders (c. 1065 – 1111), "Robert the Crusader".
Gertrude married firstly Henry III, Count of Leuven (died wounded in a tournament in Tournai in 1095), of the House of Reginar. He was count of Louvain from 1078 to 1095 and landgrave of Brabant from 1085. At Henry's death, his brother Godfrey I succeeded as count and landgrave. From 1106 he also became duke of Lower Lorraine.
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