Otto II (1065 – after 1131),
Count of Chiny, son of
Arnold I, Count of Chiny, and Adélaïs.
He succeeded his father in 1106 and completed the construction of the
Abbey of Orval that his father had started in 1070, installing the canons in 1124. The installation of a Cistercian community in Orval in 1131 marked his last appearance in any proceedings.
He married Adelaide (Alix) (1068–1124), daughter of
Albert III, Count of Namur and Ida of Saxony (widow of
Frederick of Lower Lorraine). Their children were:
* Ida (died before 1125), married to
Godfrey I, Count of Leuven
Godfrey I (, 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. He was also Mar ...
* Oda (died after 1134), married to
Giselbert II, Count of Duras
* Hugues, probably died young
*
Albert of Chiny (before 1131–1162)
* Frederick, (died after 1124), Provost at Reims from 1120
* Adalbero II of Chiny-Namur (died 26 March 1145),
Bishop of Liège
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role ...
, 1135–1145
* Eustache (died after 1156), married to a daughter of Wiger de
Waremme
Waremme (; ; ) is a city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Liège Province, province of Liège, in Belgium.
The city is located on the River Jeker, Geer (), in the loessic Haspengouw region. The economy i ...
, Avoué of
Liège Saint-Lambert and
Hesbaye
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. His son Louis de Lumaine was also Avoué of Hesbaye.
Ida (also known as Ida of Namur) and Godfrey I (also known as Godfrey the Bearded, not to be confused with the uncle of his father
Henry II
Henry II may refer to:
Kings
* Saint Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (972–1024), crowned King of Germany in 1002, of Italy in 1004 and Emperor in 1014
*Henry II of England (1133–89), reigned from 1154
*Henry II of Jerusalem and Cyprus (1271–1 ...
,
Godfrey) were parents of
Adeliza of Louvain
Adeliza of Louvain (also Adelicia, Adela, Adelais, and Aleidis; c. 1103 – March/April 1151) was Queen of England from 1121 to 1135 as the second wife of King Henry I.
Adeliza was the eldest child of Godfrey I, Count of Louvain, and Ida ...
, wife of
Henry I of England
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. Oda’s husband Gislebert was son of
Otto, Count of Duras and therefore the grandson of
Giselbert, the first Count of Looz, whose family would eventually be merged with the Counts of Chiny with the marriage of Otto's great-great granddaughter
Jeanne, Countess of Chiny, with
Arnold IV of Looz.
After his death, Otto was succeeded as Count of Chiny by his son Albert.
References
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* Arlette Laret-Kayser, ''Entre Bar et Luxembourg : Le Comté de Chiny des Origines à 1300'', Bruxelles (éditions du Crédit Communal, Collection Histoire, série in-8°, n° 72), 1986
Counts of Chiny
1065 births
12th-century deaths