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Marie of Brabant

Female 1256 - 1321  (65 years)


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  1. 1.  Marie of Brabant was born in 1256 (daughter of Henry III, Duke of Brabant and Alix of Burgundy); died in 1321.

    Marie married Philip III "the Bold", King of France in 1274. Philip (son of Saint Louis IX, King of France and Margerite of Provence) was born on 1 May 1245 in Poissy, Île-de-France, France; died on 5 Oct 1285 in Perpignan, Occitanie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Reed (2002) and Weis (1982) give the year as 1272.

    Children:
    1. Louis, Count d'Evreux was born in 1276; died in 1319.
    2. Marguerite of France was born in 1279 in France; died on 14 Feb 1318 in Marlborough Castle, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France.
    3. Blanche of France was born in 1282; died in 1305.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Henry III, Duke of Brabant (son of Henry II "the Magnanimous", Duke of Brabant and Lorraine and Maria von Hohenstauffen, Princess of Germany); died on 28 Feb 1260.

    Notes:

    Death: Weis (1982) gives his death date as 1291.

    Henry married Alix of Burgundy. Alix (daughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy and Yolande de Dreux) died on 23 Oct 1273. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Alix of Burgundy (daughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy and Yolande de Dreux); died on 23 Oct 1273.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Her name was also spelt Adelheid.

    Children:
    1. son
    2. John I "the Victorious", Duke of Brabant was born in 1251; died on 4 May 1294.
    3. 1. Marie of Brabant was born in 1256; died in 1321.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Henry II "the Magnanimous", Duke of Brabant and Lorraine was born in 1207 (son of Henry I "the Courageous", Duke of Brabant and Matilda of Bloulogne); died on 1 Feb 1247/48 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title(s): 1235; He succeeded as the Duke of Brabant upon the death of his father in 1235.

    Notes:

    Birth: von Redlich (1941) gives his birth year as 1189.

    Henry married Maria von Hohenstauffen, Princess of Germany on 9 Feb 1207. Maria (daughter of Philip II von Hohenstauffen, Emperor of Germany and Irene Angelica, Queen of Sicily) was born in 1201 in Swabia, Germany; died in 1235 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Maria von Hohenstauffen, Princess of Germany was born in 1201 in Swabia, Germany (daughter of Philip II von Hohenstauffen, Emperor of Germany and Irene Angelica, Queen of Sicily); died in 1235 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: She was known as Marie of Swabia, or Mary of Hohensauffen.

    Notes:

    Death: von Redlich (1941) gives her death date as 1240.

    Notes:

    Date: Weis (1982) gives their marriage date as 1215.

    Children:
    1. 2. Henry III, Duke of Brabant died on 28 Feb 1260.
    2. Matilda of Brabant died on 29 Sep 1288; was buried in Abbaye Notre-Dame de Cercamp, Frévent, Hauts-de-France, France.

  3. 6.  Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy was born in 1212; died in 1272.

    Hugh married Yolande de Dreux. Yolande (daughter of Sir Pierre de Vreux, Duke of Brittany and Alix de Thouars, Duchess of Brittany, Countess of Richmond) died in 1255. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Yolande de Dreux (daughter of Sir Pierre de Vreux, Duke of Brittany and Alix de Thouars, Duchess of Brittany, Countess of Richmond); died in 1255.

    Notes:

    Parents: von Redlich (1941) gives her father as Robert, Count of Dreux.

    Children:
    1. 3. Alix of Burgundy died on 23 Oct 1273.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Henry I "the Courageous", Duke of BrabantHenry 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

    Notes:

    Birth: von Redlich (1941) gives his birth year as about 1158.

    Name:


    Henry married Matilda of Bloulogne in 1179. Matilda (daughter of Matthew of Alsace, Comte de Boulogne and Mary of Blois, Princess of England) was born about 1162; died in 1211 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Matilda of BloulogneMatilda of Bloulogne was born about 1162 (daughter of Matthew of Alsace, Comte de Boulogne and Mary of Blois, Princess of England); died in 1211 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: She was the heiress of Countship of Boulogne. Her name was also spelt Maud of Flanders.
    • Last Full Review: 25 Feb 2021

    Notes:

    Death: Weis (1982) gives her death date as 1240.

    Name:

    Children:
    1. Mary of Brabant was born about 1190; died in 1260.
    2. Adeaide was born about 1190.
    3. Margaret was born in 1192; died in 1231.
    4. Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Holland was born in 1200; died on 21 Dec 1267; was buried in Abbey Church, Loosduinen, South Holland, Netherlands.
    5. 4. Henry II "the Magnanimous", Duke of Brabant and Lorraine was born in 1207; died on 1 Feb 1247/48 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
    6. Godfrey, Lord of Gaesbeek was born in 1209; died on 21 Jan 1254.

  3. 10.  Philip II von Hohenstauffen, Emperor of Germany was born about 1177 (son of Frederick I "Barbarossa", Holy Roman Emperor and Beatrix of Mâcon); died on 21 Jun 1208 in Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany; was buried in Ägidienkirche, Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: He was also the Duke of Swabia, and the Margrave of Tuscany.
    • Title(s): 1196; In 1196, he became the Duke of Tuscany and Swabia.
    • Crowned: 1198; In 1198, he as crowned the Emperor of Germany. He was considered the Holy Roman Emperor, but never crowned as such.
    • Crowned: 6 Feb 1199; On 6 February 1199, he was crowned the King of the Romans.

    Notes:

    Name:


    Died:
    He was assassinated by Otto of Wittelsbach.

    Philip married Irene Angelica, Queen of Sicily on 25 May 1197. Irene (daughter of Isaac II Angelos, Emperor of the East and Eirene Komnena) was born about 1181; died on 27 Aug 1208; was buried in Lorsch Abbey, Lorsch, Hesse, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Irene Angelica, Queen of Sicily was born about 1181 (daughter of Isaac II Angelos, Emperor of the East and Eirene Komnena); died on 27 Aug 1208; was buried in Lorsch Abbey, Lorsch, Hesse, Germany.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: Her name was also spelt "Eirene Angelina". She was also called, in Germany, Maria.
    • Miscellaneous: 1194; In 1194, as a young widow, she was abducted from Sicily and taken to Germany.

    Notes:

    Death: My old records say she was killed by the same person on the same day as her husband, but in a totally different place. I have left her record blank until this can be figured out.

    Died:
    She died after the miscarriage of a premature child and two months after her husband's murder.

    Notes:

    Date: Weis (1982) gives their marriage date as 1196.

    Children:
    1. 5. Maria von Hohenstauffen, Princess of Germany was born in 1201 in Swabia, Germany; died in 1235 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
    2. Ethisa von Hohenstauffen died about 1234.

  5. 14.  Sir Pierre de Vreux, Duke of Brittany was born about 1187 (son of Robert II, Count of Dreux and Braine and Yolande de Coucy); died in 1240.

    Notes:

    Death: The Directory of Royal Genealogy gives his death date as 22 June 1250.

    Name:
    He was also known as Pierre Mauclerc de Braine.

    He was also the Earl of Richmond.

    Pierre married Alix de Thouars, Duchess of Brittany, Countess of Richmond in 1213. Alix (daughter of Gui de Thouars, Duke of Brittany and Constance, Duchess of Brittany) was born in 1201; died in 1221; was buried on 24 Nov 1225 in Abbey of Villeneuve, Les Sorinières, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Alix de Thouars, Duchess of Brittany, Countess of Richmond was born in 1201 (daughter of Gui de Thouars, Duke of Brittany and Constance, Duchess of Brittany); died in 1221; was buried on 24 Nov 1225 in Abbey of Villeneuve, Les Sorinières, Pays de la Loire, France.
    Children:
    1. John of Brittany "the Red", Duke of Brittany died in 1286.
    2. 7. Yolande de Dreux died in 1255.


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