Born about in Brabant, Meuse, Lorraine, France
Ancestors 
Brother of
Adelbert (Leuven) Brabant, Siegfred (DeLorraine) Lorraine, Godefroi (Louvain) de Louvain and Ide (Leuven) Lorraine
Husband of
Gertrude (Flandre) Leuven
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Adelaide (Leuven) Lorraine and Gertrud (Leuven) de Montacute
Died
at about age 45
in Tournay, Lorraine, France
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Henry III Leuven was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.
Biography
Henry lll of Louvain (Born about 1050) was count of Louvain (Leuven) and Landgrave of Brabant. His parents was Henry ll (ca.1020 - 1078), count of Louvain and Brussels, and Adela of Thuringa, (also called Adela of Orthen and countess of Beteau) (about 1023 - 1090). She was a daughter of Eberhard (of Brandenburg ?) count of Beteau.
After his father's death in 1078, Henry lll became caunt of Louvain. He was allied by family marriages to most of the nearby lords: he was brother- in-law of Baldwin ll of Hainaut, and son-in-law of Robert l of Flanders. Henry was able to concentrate on the internal affairs of his lands, without external threats. He supported religious foundations in the western parts and legisluted to reduse lawlessness. After the death on 20 September 1085 og Hermann ll, count of Palatine of Lotharingia, he became landgrave of Brabant, which was an imperial fief between the Dender and the Zenne. In July 1095 Henry lll took parti ina tournament in Tournai, Belgium (* Oksanen 2012,p.118) Fighting in a joust against Gasiun de Forest, he was mortually wounded.
About 1090 Henry married Gertrude of Flanders (about 1080 - 1117) (* Ruffini-Ronzani 2020, p. 136), she was a daughter of Robert l of Flanders and Gertrude og Saxony. A genealogy of the time attributes to him four daughters (not named) . Since he was succeeded by his brother Godfrey l of Leuven, it is inferred that he did not leave a son as heir. But it means that 2 of their daughters was:
1.Adelaide , the wife of Duke Simon l of Lottaine
2. Gertrude, the wife of Lambert, count of Montaigu and Clermont.
As a widow Gertrude (of Flanders) married in 1096 duke Theodoric ll of Lorraine (died 1115) and was mother of Thierry (Theodoric) of Alsace.
Sources
- Jaarboock voor Middeleeuwse geschiedenis Uitgeverij, 1999 (google Books)
- Ruffini-Ronzani 2020p.136
- Oksanen 2012, p.118
- Rubincam, Milton. The House of Brabant, Ancestry of Philippa of Hainault, Wife of Edward III, The American Genealogist (1949) Vol. 25, Page 226
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Henry_III,_Count_of_Louvain
- Adm: Kari Lillian. Undbekken
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"At his father Henry's death 1078 he became count of Louvain.
He was allied by family marriages to most of the nearby lords: he was brother-in-law of Baldwin II of Hainaut, and son-in-law of Robert I of Flanders. The bishop of Liège, Henri I of Verdun, was peace-loving. Henry was able to concentrate on the internal affairs of his lands, without external threats. He supported religious foundations in the western parts, and legislated to reduce lawlessness.
After the death on 20 September 1085 of Hermann II, count palatine of Lotharingia, he became landgrave of Brabant, which was an imperial fief between the Dender and the Zenne.
In July 1095, he took part in a tournament in Tournai. Fighting in a joust against Gosuin de Forest, he was mortally wounded."