Name

Lodewijk van Velthem

Original name

Main activity

Cleric

Secondary activity

Writer

Title

Name variations

Louis of Velthem"

Education place

Education institution

Activity place

Paris, Ghent, Brabant, Zichem, Velthem

Activity institution

Activity start date

1293

Activity end date

Place of birth

Date of birth

1275

Place of death

Date of death

1326

Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

The earliest biographical records tell us that Lodewijk stayed in the entourage of Duke John I of Brabant in Paris in the winter of 1293-1294. From 1312 until his death, he was pastor in Veltem near Leuven. We owe him the continuation of the Spiegel historiael by Jacob van Maerlant (end of Boek IV and Boek V)

Entry author

Florence Ninitte