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Generation: 1
1. | Elizabeth (daughter of Henry I "the Courageous", Duke of Brabant and Marie of France); died on 23 Oct 1272. Other Events and Attributes:
- Married: 19 Mar 1233, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium; (1) Count Dietrich of Cleves, Lord of Dinslaken. He was born about 1214. [Dietrich, married Elizabeth] He died in 1244.
Elizabeth married Count Dietrich of Cleves, Lord of Dinslaken on 19 Mar 1233 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. Dietrich was born about 1214; died in 1244. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Elizabeth married Gerhard II, Count of Wassenberg in 1246. Gerhard died in 1255. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
2. | Henry I "the Courageous", Duke of Brabant was born in 1165 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium (son of Godfrey III, Duke of Brabant and of Lower Lorraine and Margaret von Limbourg); died on 5 Sep 1235 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; was buried in St. Peter's Church, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: He was also the Duke of Lower Lorraine, the Landgrave of Brabant, Margrave of Antwerp, and Count of Louvain.
- Title(s): From 1182 to 1184; He acted as a regent while Count Godfrey III went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem from 1182 to 1184.
- Title(s): 1183; He became the first Duke of Brabant in 1183.
- Military: From 1217 to 1218; He joined the Fifth Crusade to Egypt from 1217 to 1218.
- Last Full Review: 25 Feb 2021
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Birth: von Redlich (1941) gives his birth year as about 1158.
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Henry married Marie of France on 22 Apr 1213 in Soissons, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France. Marie (daughter of Philip II "Augustus", King of France and Agnes of Merania) was born in 1198; died on 15 Aug 1224; was buried in Affligem Abbey, Affligem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Marie of France was born in 1198 (daughter of Philip II "Augustus", King of France and Agnes of Merania); died on 15 Aug 1224; was buried in Affligem Abbey, Affligem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. Other Events and Attributes:
- Miscellaneous: 1200; Marie's first betrothal, in 1200, was to Prince Alexander of Scotland (future King Alexander II); the pair were only two years of age. Alexander succeeded as King aged sixteen in 1214, his engagement to Marie having been broken off around 1202.
- Miscellaneous: 1211; Marie's second betrothal, in 1211, was to Arthur I, Duke of Brittany, who was fighting against John for the Kingdom of England. Marie's father recognized Arthur's rights to many French lands but recognized John as the rightful King of England. Marie and Arthur were betrothed but never married due to Arthur's disappearance and supposed death which John was blamed for.
- Last Full Review: 25 Feb 2021
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Generation: 3
5. | Margaret von Limbourg was born about 1139 (daughter of Henry II, Duke of Limburg, Count of Arlon and Matilda von Saffenburg); died in 1172/73. Children:
- 2. Henry I "the Courageous", Duke of Brabant was born in 1165 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium; died on 5 Sep 1235 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; was buried in St. Peter's Church, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
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6. | Philip II "Augustus", King of France was born on 21 Aug 1165 in Gonesse, Île-de-France, France (son of Louis VII "the Young", King of France and Adelaide of Blois); died on 14 Jul 1223 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- Crowned: 1180; He was crowned the King of France in 1180.
- Reign: From 1180 to 1223; King of France (House of Capet)
- Military: 1190; In 1190, he took up the cross and went on the Third Crusade.
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Birth: von Redlich (1941) and Langston (1974) give his birth date as 21 August 1165.
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Philip married Agnes of Merania on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
12. | Louis VII "the Young", King of France was born in 1120 (son of Louis VI "le Gros", King of France and Adelaide of Maurienne); died on 18 Sep 1180 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- Reign: From 1137 to 1180; King of France (House of Capet)
- Crowned: 25 Dec 1137; He was crowned the King of France on 25 December 1137.
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Louis VII was buried in Barbeau Abbey, Fontaine-le-Port, France. His bones were transferred to St. Denis' Abbey in 1817.
Louis married Adelaide of Blois on 13 Nov 1160. Adelaide (daughter of Theobald IV "the Great", Count of Blois and Champagne and Mathilda von Sponheim) was born about 1140; died on 24 Jun 1206 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Abbey of Fontenay, Marmagne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Adelaide of Blois was born about 1140 (daughter of Theobald IV "the Great", Count of Blois and Champagne and Mathilda von Sponheim); died on 24 Jun 1206 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Abbey of Fontenay, Marmagne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: She was also called Alex of Champagne.
- Title(s): 1180; In 1180, she became Regent of France.
Children:
- 6. Philip II "Augustus", King of France was born on 21 Aug 1165 in Gonesse, Île-de-France, France; died on 14 Jul 1223 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France.
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