Re: Van Luven or VanLuven
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Re: Van Luven or VanLuven
John VanLuven 1/20/05
Van LeuvenorVan Luven
Our ancestors originate from the city of Leuven and the flemish (=dutch) meaning of van = from and Leuven is the famous old city, dating back at least to 9th century AD. In medieval times Leuven was the capital of Brabant (duchy, dukedom) and in fierce competition with Brussels, which eventually became larger and more important, and ended up in1830 as the capital of then the new state of Belgium – and now more or less the capital of EEC …
Remarkably, Leuven has recently regained its title of capital of the province "Flemish-Brabant", itself created as part of the oldBrabant, together with "walloon-Brabant" and the "capital district of Brussels"(vaguely resembling somewhat Washington DC).All this is due to the "language" problems in Belgium,
since we have 3 national language communities, i.e. flemish (dutch speaking) and walloons (french-speaking) as the two major ones, and a smaller german community.
Most Van Leuven's live in the area between Gent and Antwerp and likely received their name meaning exactly that they originated from Leuven ...Our most "noble" link and oldest name-barer I found is "LambertVan Leuven, with the beard..." who was evidently the "heer van Leuven" since in those days the ruler or lord took on the name of its property. He died defending Leuven against the Vikings !
Van Leuven, Lambert I, "met de baard"
Birth/Geboren : ABT 965 -?-
Death/Gestorven : 12 SEP 1015 Florennes {FR}
Gender/Geslacht: Male/Man
Parents/Ouders:
Father/Vader: Van Henegouwen, Regnier ; Graaf Reinier II
Mother/Moeder: De Dagsbourg, Adele
Family/Familie:
Marriage/Huwelijk: ABT 988 in -?-
Spouse/Echtgeno(o)t(e):
Van Neder-Lotharingen, Gerberga
Birth/Geboren : ABT 971 -?-
Death/Gestorven : AFT 1018 Nijvel {HE-BE}
Gender/Geslacht: Female/Vrouw
Parents/Ouders:
Father/Vader: Van West-Francie, Karel
Mother/Moeder: NB x Karel, Adelheid
Children/Kinderen:
Van Leuven, Graaf Lambert II, "Balderik"
Van Leuven, Graaf Hendrik I
Birth/Geboren : -?-
Death/Gestorven : -?-
Gender/Geslacht: Male/Man
Van Leuven, Mathilde