Lambert II, Count of Louvain

Lambert II, known Balderich the belted († June 19, 1054 ) was Count of Leuven and Brussels. He was the second son of Count Lambert I. Depending on the source is reported that he succeeded his brother Henry I ( Vita Gudilae, between 1048-1051 ) or his son Otto ( Chronicles of Brabant, 14th - 15th century) had been.

As Count of Leuven is the first time he testified on January 3, 1041. He was also Count of Brussels and Vogt of Nivelles and Gembloux. On November 16 1047 he founded together with his wife Oda of Verdun Gudule pen in St. Michael's Church in Brussels to house the relics of Saint Gudula of Brussels, the Belgian national saint today.

It joined the uprising of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, against the Emperor Henry III. of. In a skirmish with imperial soldiers, he fell in 1054 in Tournai. He was buried in the abbey church of Nivelles. His son, Henry II became his successor.

Lambert II was married to Oda of Verdun, a subsidiary of Duke Gotzelo I. of Lower Lorraine. Besides his heir Henry II he had a son Rainer / Reginar (X 1077 in Haspengau ) and a daughter Gerberga.

• Graf ( Brussels)
• Graf ( lion )
• Reginare
• Born in the 10th or 11th century
• Died in 1054
• Man