Albert I (died ca. 1011) the son of

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, was a count who held the castle of

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and a county in the

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. His county came to be referred to as the

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in records during his lifetime. Albert married Ermengarde, daughter of

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, and had: * Robert II, Count of Namur died without issue *

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was father of Hedwige of Namur, who married

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. There are some doubts about the correct list of his daughters, as there are two very different lists given in two primary documents. The "Genealogia ex Stirpe Sancti Arnulfi" lists: *Count Albert *Hadewide *Emma of Looz The "Vita Arnulfi Episcopi Suessioniensis" lists (as siblings of one of the Counts named Albert of Namur, whose parents are not named): *Count Albert *Ludgarde mother of Emmon Count of Looz, and his brother

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. *Goda *Ermengarde A 3rd relevant source is the ''Gesta'' of

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which also named Countess Ermengarde having a daughter named Lutgarde who married a Count Otto of Loon and was mother to

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, brother of Count

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. As Jean Baerten and other authors have pointed out, this is chronologically impossible, though it is possible Lutgarde could be mother of Emmo and Otto.Baerten, ''Het Graafschap Loon'' Ludgarde and Emma, both with a connection to Looz, are sometimes therefore thought to represent a garbled account of the same person.

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* * House of Namur Counts of Namur 1010s deaths 11th-century counts in Europe Year of birth unknown {{Europe-royal-stub