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Godfrey I, Count of Louvain

1060 - 1139

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Godfrey I (Dutch: Godfried, c. 1060 – 25 January 1139), called the Bearded, the Courageous, or the Great, was the Landgrave of Brabant, Count of Brussels and Leuven (Louvain) from 1095 to his death and Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1106 to 1129. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Godfrey I, Count of Louvain has received more than 149,217 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Godfrey I, Count of Louvain is the 498th most popular nobleman (up from 604th in 2019), the 255th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 300th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Belgian Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Godfrey I, Count of Louvain ranks 498 out of 1,415Before him are Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, Constantin Brâncoveanu, Charles, Prince of Soubise, Margaret, Maid of Norway, John III, Duke of Cleves, and Isabella, Countess of Vertus. After him are Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg, Louis I, Count of Blois, Leopoldo de' Medici, Peter I, Count of Savoy, Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg, and Dorothea of Bulgaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1060, Godfrey I, Count of Louvain ranks 7Before him are Godfrey of Bouillon, Baldwin II of Jerusalem, Otto of Bamberg, Duncan II of Scotland, Eustace III, Count of Boulogne, and Roger Borsa. After him are Alan IV, Duke of Brittany, Herman II, Margrave of Baden, Moses ibn Ezra, Henry III, Count of Louvain, Albert of Aix, and Richard of Salerno. Among people deceased in 1139, Godfrey I, Count of Louvain ranks 6Before him are Henry X, Duke of Bavaria, Otto of Bamberg, Magnus IV of Norway, Antipope Victor IV, and Yaropolk II of Kiev. After him are Simon I, Duke of Lorraine, Euphemia of Kiev, Sigurd Slembe, Godfrey I, Count of Namur, and Waleran, Duke of Lower Lorraine.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Godfrey I, Count of Louvain ranks 255 out of 1,190Before him are Henry III, Duke of Brabant (1231), John II, Duke of Brabant (1275), Stromae (1985), Eugène Charles Catalan (1814), Rimbert (830), and William of St-Thierry (1085). After him are Ovide Decroly (1871), Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), Pierre Deligne (1944), Michel de Ghelderode (1898), Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632), and John of Ruusbroec (1293).

Among NOBLEMEN In Belgium

Among noblemen born in Belgium, Godfrey I, Count of Louvain ranks 7Before him are Philippe of Belgium (1960), Pepin of Landen (585), John of Gaunt (1340), Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders (1837), Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1165), and Gaston IV, Count of Foix (1422). After him are Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg (1789), Henry IV, Duke of Brabant (1251), Antoinette de Mérode (1828), Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine (967), Prince Baudouin of Belgium (1869), and John I, Count of Hainaut (1218).