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Joscelin of Louvain (1121–1180) was a nobleman of the Duchy of Brabant who married an English heiress, Agnes de Percy (d.1203), one of the two co-heiresses of William II de Percy (d.1174/5), 3rd feudal baron of Topcliffe, Yorkshire' and settled in England. He and his descendants, later created Earls of Northumberland, took the name Percy.

Joscelin was given lands at Petworth, by William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel. William d'Aubigny had married Adeliza of Louvain, Joscelin’s half-sister, and widow of Henry I of England.

Medlands http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BRABANT,%20LOUVAIN.htm#GodefroiILou...

has Joscelin as the son of an unknown mistress, due to dates of marriages of Godfried and of Joscelin.

Origins

He was a son of Godfrey I of Leuven either by his second wife Clementia of Burgundy or by a mistress.

Progeny

Joscelin and Agnes had at least seven children:

• Henry de Percy (d.1198), 4th feudal baron of Topcliffe, who predeceased his mother and married Isabel de Brus, daughter of Adam de Brus (d.1196). He was survived by a son William III de Percy (1197-1245), who inherited from his grandmother Agnes de Percy half the Percy lands.[4]
• Richard de Percy (d.1244), who inherited half of his mother's lands, having been predeceased by his elder brother. He himself died without issue when his heir was his brother's son William III de Percy (1197-1245), who thus re-gained the whole of the Percy lands.[4] He was a Magna Carta surety
• Joscelin
• Radulph, went to France
• Eleanor
• Maud (born c. 1164, date of death unknown), married John de Daiville[9]www.wikitree.com

Joscelin "Barbatus" Percy formerly Leuven aka Louvain Born 1121 in Louvain [Belgium] ANCESTORS ancestors Son of Godefroi (Louvain) de Louvain and Clemencia (Bourgogne) de Bourgogne [uncertain] Brother of Baldwin (Flandre) Fleming [half], Adeliza (Brabant) of Louvain [half], Ida de Lorraine [half] and Godefroi (Lorraine) de Louvain [half] Husband of Agnes (Percy) Leuven — married after 1154 [location unknown] DESCENDANTS descendants Father of Robert (Percy) Sutton, Joscelin (Percy) de Percy, Henry (Percy) de Percy, Eleanor (Percy) de Percy, Adelicia (Percy) de Percy and Richard (Percy) de Percy Died before 1180 in Egmanton, Nottinghamshire, , England

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Joscelin of Louvain (1121–1180) took his wife's surname as part of the marriage deal.

Alias: Jocelin de Louvain; Jocelyn of Leuven

Parents Father: Godfrey I, Count of Louvain

Mother: (disputed) Clementia of Burgundy or mistress

Marriage m. Agnes de Percy (d.1203). Issue:

Henry (d.1198) m. Isabel de Brus Richard (c. 1170-1244), 5th Baron Percy Joscelin Radulph Eleanor Maud (b.c. 1164) Lucy Sources ROYAL ANCESTRY by Douglas Richardson Vol. IV, page 345 Collins, A. & Brydges, E. (1812). "Percy, Duke of Northumberland." Collins's Peerage of England Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical, (Vol. II. pp. 224-225). London: F.C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and Son. Google Books.

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Joscelin de Louvain
BIRTH 1120
Belgium
DEATH 1180 (aged 59–60)
Egmanton, Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire, England
BURIAL
Whitby Abbey
Whitby, Scarborough Borough, North Yorkshire, England
MEMORIAL ID 93184661

Family Members
Parents
Godfrey I Duke of Brabant
1060–1139

Spouse
Agnes de Percy
1134–1205

Siblings
Adeliza of Louvain
1103–1151
Ida de Lorraine von Kleve
1107–1162
Godfrey II de Louvain
1110–1142

Children
Henry de Percy
1160–1198
Richard de Percy
1177–1244