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Gothelo I Duke of Lorraine
(Abt 0967-1044)
< > [Not Barbe de Lebarten]
Godfrey III Duke of Lower Lorraine
(Abt 0997-1069)
Doda
Ida of Lorraine
(Abt 1040-1113)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Eustace II Count of Boulogne

Ida of Lorraine 1 2

  • Born: Abt 1040, Bouillon, Lower Lorraine, (Wallonia, Belgium)
  • Marriage (1): Eustace II Count of Boulogne in 1057
  • Died: 13 Aug 1113 about age 73

  Research Notes:

Second wife of Eustace II.

From Wikipedia - Ida of Lorraine
Ida of Lorraine (also referred to as Blessed Ida of Boulogne)[1] (c. 1040 - 13 Apr 1113 )[2] was a saint and noblewoman.

She was born in Bouillon, Ardenne, South Belgium, the daughter of Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine and his wife, Doda.[3].

Family
In 1057, she married Eustace II of Boulogne .[2] They had three sons:
Eustace III , the next Count of Boulogne
Godfrey of Bouillon , first ruler of Kingdom of Jerusalem
Baldwin , second ruler of Kingdom of Jerusalem

Ida shunned the use of a wet-nurse in raising her sons. Instead, she breast-fed them to ensure that they were not contaminated by the wet-nurse's morals.[4] When her sons went on the First Crusade , Ida contributed heavily to their expenses.[5]

Life
Ida was always religiously and charitably active, but the death of her husband provided her wealth and the freedom to use it for her projects. She founded several monasteries:
Saint-Wulmer in Boulogne[6][1]
Our Lady of the Chapel, Calais[1]
Saint-Bertin[1]
Abbey of Cappelle [7]
Abbey of Le Wast [7]

She maintained a correspondence with Anselm of Canterbury . Some of Anselm's letters to Ida have survived.[8] [9]

She became increasingly involved in church life. However, current scholarship feels that she did not actually become a Benedictine Nun, but that she was a "Secular Oblate of the Benedictine Order".[6][1]

Death and burial
Ida died on 13 April 1113, which is the date she is honoured. Traditionally, her burial place has been ascribed to the Monastery of Saint Vaast [6]. However, one author believes that the original burial place was the Monastery of Vast. Her remains were moved in 1669 to Paris and again in 1808 to Bayeux . [1]

Her life story was written by contemporary monk of Saint Vaast Abbey.[6]

She is venerated in Bayeux.[1]


Ida married Eustace II Count of Boulogne, son of Eustace I Count of Boulogne and Maud of Louvain, in 1057. (Eustace II Count of Boulogne was born between 1015 and 1020 in <Buckinghamshire>, England and died about 1087.)


Sources


1 Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, <i>Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700</i> (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 158A-22 (Eustace II).

2 <i>Wikipedia.org</i>, Ida of Lorraine. Cit. Date: 15 Sep 2009.


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