In 1268 he confirms donations done by his uncle Gillis.[1] Mentioned in 1287.[2][3] In 1285 he accompanied Jan I when the Brabantine army crossed the Meuse again.[4] Van Heelu calls him the nephew of Raas of Gavere under whose banner he fought in the battle at Woeringen (1288).[5]
Sources
↑ A. Verkooren, Inventaire des chartes et cartulaires des duchés de Brabant et de Limbourg et des pays Outre Meuse. Deuxième partie. Cartulaires. Tome I, 1961, p. 131
↑ Mentioned in 1284 as lord of Duffel and Zelem and widower of Mathilde, lady of Zelem.
↑ A. Verkooren, Inventaire des chartes et cartulaires des duchés de Brabant et de Limbourg et des pays Outre Meuse. Deuxième partie. Cartulaires. Tome I, 1961, p. 166.
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