Henry I "the Courageous", Duke of Brabant

1165 - 1235  (70 years)

• Name	Henry I
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	1165	Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium   [2, 3, 5]
  General Information	He was also the Duke of Lower Lorraine, the Landgrave of Brabant, Margrave of Antwerp, and Count of Louvain.  [4, 5]
  Title(s)	From 1182 to 1184 (Age 17)  [5]
  He acted as a regent while Count Godfrey III went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem from 1182 to 1184.
  Title(s)	1183 (Age 18)  [5]
  He became the first Duke of Brabant in 1183.
  Military	From 1217 to 1218 (Age 52)  [5]
  He joined the Fifth Crusade to Egypt from 1217 to 1218.
  Death	5 Sep 1235	Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Burial	—	St. Peter's Church, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium   [2]
  		Tomb of Henry I
  Person ID	I3187	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Godfrey III, Duke of Brabant and of Lower Lorraine,   b. 1142, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium d. 10 Aug 1190 (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Margaret von Limbourg,   b. About 1139   d. 1172/73 (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	1155
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 13 years - She : ~ 16 years.
  Family ID	F2583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Matilda of Bloulogne,   b. About 1162   d. 1211, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	1179  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 14 years - She : ~ 17 years.
  Information	Henry received the County of Brussels from his father.  [5]
  Children	1. Mary of Brabant,   b. Abt 1190   d. 1260 (Age 70 years)   2. Adeaide,   b. Abt 1190   3. Margaret,   b. 1192   d. 1231 (Age 39 years) + 4. Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Holland,   b. 1200   d. 21 Dec 1267 (Age 67 years) + 5. Henry II "the Magnanimous", Duke of Brabant and Lorraine,   b. 1207   d. 1 Feb 1247/48, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium (Age 41 years)   6. Godfrey, Lord of Gaesbeek ,   b. 1209   d. 21 Jan 1254 (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F2548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Marie of France,   b. 1198   d. 15 Aug 1224 (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	22 Apr 1213	Soissons, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France   [2, 6]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 48 years and 4 months - She : ~ 15 years and 4 months.
  Children	1. Elizabeth   d. 23 Oct 1272   2. Marie   d. young
  Family ID	F2582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: von Redlich (1941) gives his birth year as about 1158. [3]

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1165 - Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium Marriage - 22 Apr 1213 - Soissons, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France Death - 5 Sep 1235 - Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Burial - — - St. Peter's Church, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html). [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). [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). [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. [S304] Wikipedia, Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant.