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Henry I "the Courageous", Duke of Brabant

Henry I "the Courageous", Duke of Brabant

Male 1165 - 1235  (70 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  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.

    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]

    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. 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.

    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]

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth died on 23 Oct 1272.
    2. Marie died in young.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Godfrey III, Duke of Brabant and of Lower Lorraine was born in 1142 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium (son of Godfrey II, Duke of Brabant and of Lower Lorraine and Luitgarde von Saltzbach); died on 10 Aug 1190; was buried in St. Peter's Church, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.

    Godfrey married Margaret von Limbourg in 1155. Margaret (daughter of Henry II, Duke of Limburg, Count of Arlon and Matilda von Saffenburg) was born about 1139; died in 1172/73. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  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:
    1. 1. 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.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Godfrey II, Duke of Brabant and of Lower Lorraine was born about 1108 (son of Godfrey I of Brabant "the Beareded", Duke of Brabant and Lower Lorraine and Ida of Namur and Chiny); died in 1142.

    Godfrey married Luitgarde von Saltzbach in 1139. Luitgarde (daughter of Berenger II, Count of Sultzbach and Adelaide von Wolfratshausen) was born about 1120 in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Bavaria, Germany; died after 1162. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Luitgarde von Saltzbach was born about 1120 in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Bavaria, Germany (daughter of Berenger II, Count of Sultzbach and Adelaide von Wolfratshausen); died after 1162.
    Children:
    1. 2. Godfrey III, Duke of Brabant and of Lower Lorraine was born in 1142 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium; died on 10 Aug 1190; was buried in St. Peter's Church, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.

  3. 6.  Henry II, Duke of Limburg, Count of Arlon was born between 1110 and 1115 (son of Waleran III, Count of Arlon, Wassenburg and Limburg; Duke of Lower Lorraine and Jutta); died on 11 Aug 1167 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

    Henry married Matilda von Saffenburg in 1136. Matilda (daughter of Adolph von Saffenberg, Count of Saffenberg and Margaret von Schwartzenburg) died on 2 Jan 1145. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Matilda von Saffenburg (daughter of Adolph von Saffenberg, Count of Saffenberg and Margaret von Schwartzenburg); died on 2 Jan 1145.
    Children:
    1. 3. Margaret von Limbourg was born about 1139; died in 1172/73.
    2. Henry III "the Old", Duke of Limburg, Count of Arlon was born about 1140; died on 21 Jul 1226; was buried in Rolduc Abbey, Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Godfrey I of Brabant "the Beareded", Duke of Brabant and Lower Lorraine was born about 1060 (son of Henry II of Brabant, Count of Louvain and Adelaide of the Betuwe); died on 25 Jan 1139; was buried in Affligem Abbey, Affligem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.

    Godfrey married Ida of Namur and Chiny about 1105. Ida (daughter of Otto II, Count of Chiny and Adelaide of Namur) was born in 1083 in Alsace-Lorraine, France; died between 1117 and 1122. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Ida of Namur and Chiny was born in 1083 in Alsace-Lorraine, France (daughter of Otto II, Count of Chiny and Adelaide of Namur); died between 1117 and 1122.
    Children:
    1. 4. Godfrey II, Duke of Brabant and of Lower Lorraine was born about 1108; died in 1142.
    2. Adeliza of Louvain was born about 1103; died on 23 Apr 1151 in Affligem, Flanders.
    3. Joscelin of Louvain, Baron Percy died before 1180.

  3. 10.  Berenger II, Count of Sultzbach was born about 1080 (son of Gebhard II, Count of Sulzbach and Irmgard von Rot); died on 3 Dec 1125 in Mainz-Kastel, Hesse, Germany.

    Berenger married Adelaide von Wolfratshausen about 1111. Adelaide (daughter of Otto II von Wolfratshausen, Count of Diessen, Thanning, and Ambras and Adelaide von Regensburg) was born about 1084; died on 11 Jan 1126. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Adelaide von Wolfratshausen was born about 1084 (daughter of Otto II von Wolfratshausen, Count of Diessen, Thanning, and Ambras and Adelaide von Regensburg); died on 11 Jan 1126.
    Children:
    1. 5. Luitgarde von Saltzbach was born about 1120 in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Bavaria, Germany; died after 1162.

  5. 12.  Waleran III, Count of Arlon, Wassenburg and Limburg; Duke of Lower Lorraine (son of Henry I, Count of Arlon and Limburg and Adelaide von Botenstein).

    Waleran married Jutta. Jutta (daughter of Gerard I Flaminus, Count of Wassenburg and Guilders and Clemence of Poitou) was born about 1090; died on 26 Jun 1151. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Jutta was born about 1090 (daughter of Gerard I Flaminus, Count of Wassenburg and Guilders and Clemence of Poitou); died on 26 Jun 1151.
    Children:
    1. 6. Henry II, Duke of Limburg, Count of Arlon was born between 1110 and 1115; died on 11 Aug 1167 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

  7. 14.  Adolph von Saffenberg, Count of Saffenberg was born about 1095 (son of Adalbert von Saffenberg, Count of Norvenich and Mechtild); died in 1152.

    Adolph married Margaret von Schwartzenburg in 1122. Margaret (daughter of Englebert of Schwarzenburg and [no first name] of Mullenark) was born about 1100. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Margaret von Schwartzenburg was born about 1100 (daughter of Englebert of Schwarzenburg and [no first name] of Mullenark).
    Children:
    1. 7. Matilda von Saffenburg died on 2 Jan 1145.