Joscelin of Leuven
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Joscelin of Leuven [1] (1121-1180) was a Brabantian nobleman who married an English heiress, Agnes de Percy, and settled in England. He took the name Percy.
He was given lands at Petworth, by William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel. William had married Adeliza of Louvain, Joscelin’s half-sister, and widow of Henry I of England.[2]
[edit] Family
He was a son of Godfrey I of Leuven and Clementia of Burgundy.
Joscelin and Agnes had at least seven children[3]:
- Henry
- Richard, (d.1244), who was a Magna Carta surety
- Joscelin
- Radulph, went to France
- Eleanor
- Maud (b. c. 1164), married John de Daiville[4]
- Lucy
The Percy estate was divided between William, son of Henry, and Richard.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Josceline de Louvain, Joscelyn de Louvain, Joscelin de Louvaine, Jocelyn Percy, Jocelyn of Leuven, Gosuinus.
- ^ Castles of England and Wales: Chapter 3
- ^ [1], [2]
- ^ My Lines - Person Page 485
