Henry II "the Magnanimous", Duke of Brabant and Lorraine

1207 - 1248  (41 years)

• Name	Henry II
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	1207  [2, 4, 6]
  Title(s)	1235 (Age 28)  [3, 6]
  He succeeded as the Duke of Brabant upon the death of his father in 1235.
  Death	1 Feb 1247/48	Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium   [2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8]
  Siblings	5 Siblings
  1. Mary of Brabant,   b. Abt 1190   d. 1260  (Age 70 years) ▻ Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor,  m. Aft 19 May 1214 ;   William I, Count of Holland   2. Adeaide,   b. Abt 1190 ▻ Arnold III, Count of Looz,  m. 1206 ;   William X of Auvergne,  m. 1225 ;   Arnold van Wesemaele,  m. Bef 21 Apr 1251   3. Margaret,   b. 1192   d. 1231  (Age 39 years) ▻ Gerhard III, Count of Guelders,  m. Jan 1206 + 4. Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Holland,   b. 1200   d. 21 Dec 1267  (Age 67 years) ▻ Henry II, Count Palatine of the Rhine,  m. 1212 ;   Florenz IV, Count of Holland,  m. 6 Dec 1224 + 5. Henry II "the Magnanimous", Duke of Brabant and Lorraine,   b. 1207   d. 1 Feb 1247/48, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium  (Age 41 years) ▻ Maria von Hohenstauffen, Princess of Germany,  m. 9 Feb 1207 ;   Sophia von Hessen,  m. Abt 1240   6. Godfrey, Lord of Gaesbeek ,   b. 1209   d. 21 Jan 1254  (Age 45 years) ▻ Marie van Oudenaarde
  Person ID	I3154	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Henry I "the Courageous", Duke of Brabant,   b. 1165, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium d. 5 Sep 1235, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Matilda of Bloulogne,   b. About 1162   d. 1211, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	1179
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 14 years - She : ~ 17 years.
  Family ID	F2548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Maria von Hohenstauffen, Princess of Germany,   b. 1201, Swabia, Germany d. 1235, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	9 Feb 1207  [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 0 years and 2 months - She : ~ 6 years and 2 months.
  Notes	Date: Weis (1982) gives their marriage date as 1215. [3]
  Children	+ 1. Henry III, Duke of Brabant   d. 28 Feb 1260   2. Matilda of Brabant   d. 29 Sep 1288
  Family ID	F2543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Sophia von Hessen  [2]
  Marriage	Abt 1240  [2]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 33 years - She : ??.
  Family ID	F2547	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: von Redlich (1941) gives his birth year as 1189. [8]

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 1 Feb 1247/48 - Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1472] Stone, Don C. and Charles R Owens. "[Eirene?], First wife of Emperor Isaakios II Angelos, is Probable Tornikina and Gateway to Antiquity" , (Vowchurch, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation of Medieval Genealogy, volume 3, number 5, January 2011). [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S304] Wikipedia. Henry I, Duke of Brabant [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------. [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html). [S310] Moriarty, G. Andrews. The Descent of the Plantagenet Kings from the Holy Roman Emperors, (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume CI, January 1947). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).