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Lambert I, Count of Louvain
Lambert I (c. 950–1015), called the Bearded, was the first Count of Louvain, a younger son of the Reginarid count Reginar III of Hainaut. From around 1003 he built up lands around Leuven and Brussels, laying the foundations of the later Duchy of Brabant. He was killed at the Battle of Florennes in 1015 fighting Duke Godfrey II of Lower Lorraine.
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