Ancestry of
Benedict Cumberbatch

Movie, Television and Stage Actor

Godfrey III, Count of Louvain

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• • 25th Great-grandfather of Benedict Cumberbatch — 28th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 138928816 
  • Father:
  • Godfrey II, Count of Louvain 
  • Mother:
  • Luitgarde of Sulzbach   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1142 
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  • Death Date:
  • 21 Aug 1190 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Marguerite of Limbourg
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1158 
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  • Child:

  Henry I, Duke of Brabant (Ahnentafel No:69464408 )

  • Notes: 

  • Godfrey's surname is also seen as Leuven.

• Sources for Godfrey III, Count of Louvain

  • ¹ von Redlich, Marcellus Donald Alexander R., Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Volume I, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (1988), 56.
  • ² Wikipedia, "Godfrey III, Count of Leuven", _Count_of_Leuven, (accessed 04/12/2011).

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