1165 - 1235 (70 years)
Generation: 1
1. | 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
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]
Children:
- Mary of Brabant was born about 1190; died in 1260.
- Adeaide was born about 1190.
- Margaret was born in 1192; died in 1231.
- Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Holland was born in 1200; died on 21 Dec 1267; was buried in Abbey Church, Loosduinen, South Holland, Netherlands.
- Henry II "the Magnanimous", Duke of Brabant and Lorraine was born in 1207; died on 1 Feb 1247/48 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
- 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:
- Elizabeth died on 23 Oct 1272.
- Marie died in young.
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Generation: 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. 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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Generation: 3
Generation: 4
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