Lodewijk van Velthem was a Flemish poet and priest of the late 13th and early 14th century writing in Middle Dutch.
By 1312, he was the parish priest of Veltem, now a part of Herent; this is presumably the origin of his name.
His earliest known writings date to this period, as the 4th part of the Spieghel Historiael was finished in 1315.
[2] After the death of Jacob van Maerlant, Van Velthem finished his most important work, the Spieghel historiael, writing the end of the 4th part and the complete 5th part.
[3] In 1326, he finished the Boec van Merline, an Arthurian poem.