Ida of Lotharingia

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IDA ([1038/43][323]-13 Aug 1113). The Annalista Saxo names her "soror Gocelonis seu Godefridi ducis"[324]. Her marriage is given in Orderic Vitalis, who specifies that she was the sister of "Godfrey Duke of Lotharingia" and names her three sons[325]. The Vita B. Idæ Boloniensis Comitissæ records that she was the daughter of "pater…Godefridus, mater…Doda"[326]. She made a donation to Saint-Bertin for the soul of "Eustachii domini mei comitis" with her sons "Godefridi et Balduini"[327]. The Lamberti Audomariensis Chronica records the death "Id Apr 1113" of "Ida comitissa Boloniæ"[328]. m as his second wife, EUSTACHE [II] Comte de Boulogne, son of EUSTACHE [I] Comte de Boulogne & his wife Mathilde de Louvain (-[1072/82]).

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Ida de Basse-Lorraine was the daughter of Godefroi II, Duc de Basse-Lorraine and Beatrix de Haute-Lorraine.1 She married Eustace II, Comte de Boulogne, son of Eustace I, Comte de Boulogne and Maud de Louvain, in December 1057. She died on 13 August 1113.

Children of Ida de Basse-Lorraine and Eustace II, Comte de Boulogne

Godefroi IV de Bouillon, Duc de Basse-Lorraine1 d. 1100

Baldwin I de Boulogne, King of Jerusalem2 d. 2 Apr 1118

Eustace III, Comte de Boulogne+ b. c 1080, d. 1125

Ida of Lorraine (also referred to as Blessed Ida of Boulogne) (c. 1040 – 13 Apr 1113) 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.

In 1057, she married Eustace II of Boulogne. 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 insure that they were not contaminated by the wet-nurse's morals. When her sons went on the First Crusade, Ida contributed heavily to their expenses.

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

In 1057, she married Eustace II of Boulogne. 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 insure that they were not contaminated by the wet-nurse's morals. When her sons went on the First Crusade, Ida contributed heavily to their expenses.