Godfrey "the Bearded", of Brabant, descends from French King Louis IV, German King Henry I "the Fowler", Charlemagne, the Mergovingian Kings of France (from Merovaeus, c.411-458, who defeated Atilla the Hun); his wife Ida of Namur descends from the royal Norwegian house and the early counts of Lorraine and of Namur - Ida m.c.1100, d.1117/22

References: [WallopFH],[Moncreiffe],[AR7],[MRL],[RFC],[CP], [Weis1],[ClevesG],[LDS-AF],[ES],[MCP]