Godfrey II, Count of Louvain

Gottfried II (* 1110, † June 13, 1142 ) was Count of Leuven and Landgrave of Brabant since January 23, 1139 He was the son of Godfrey I of Leuven and Ida Chiny. . It was in 1139 - by appointment after the death Walrams III. of Limburg - as Gottfried VII also Duke of Lower Lorraine and thereby Margrave of Antwerp.

Gottfried and his father bore the title of duke since 1136, which was confirmed by the Roman-German King Conrad III. , Who was married to a sister of Gottfried's wife. Walram left a son, Henry II of Limburg, who claimed his father's ducal rights. Between Gottfried Heinrich and a war broke out, in which Henry was defeated quickly and decisively. Gottfried himself died two years later from liver disease. He was buried in Sint Pieter in Louvain.

He married Luitgard, daughter of Count Berengar I of Sulzbach, sister of Gertrude of Sulzbach, wife of Conrad III. , And Bertha of Sulzbach, wife of Emperor Manuel I of Byzantium. He was succeeded by his son Gottfried III ..