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

    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:
    1. 2. Mary of Brabant  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1190; died in 1260.
    2. 3. Adeaide  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1190.
    3. 4. Margaret  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1192; died in 1231.
    4. 5. Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Holland  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1200; died on 21 Dec 1267; was buried in Abbey Church, Loosduinen, South Holland, Netherlands.
    5. 6. Henry II "the Magnanimous", Duke of Brabant and Lorraine  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1207; died on 1 Feb 1247/48 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
    6. 7. Godfrey, Lord of Gaesbeek  Descendancy chart to this point 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. 8. Elizabeth  Descendancy chart to this point died on 23 Oct 1272.
    2. 9. Marie  Descendancy chart to this point died in young.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Mary of Brabant Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born about 1190; died in 1260.

    Mary married Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor after 19 May 1214 in Maastricht (now Limburg, Netherlands), Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: William I, Count of Holland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Adeaide Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born about 1190.

    Adeaide married Arnold III, Count of Looz in 1206. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Adeaide married William X of Auvergne in 1225. William was born about 1195; died in 1247. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Adeaide married Arnold van Wesemaele before 21 Apr 1251. Arnold died after 1288. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Margaret Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born in 1192; died in 1231.

    Margaret married Gerhard III, Count of Guelders in Jan 1206. Gerhard died in 1229. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  Matilda of Brabant, Countess of HollandMatilda of Brabant, Countess of Holland Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born in 1200; died on 21 Dec 1267; was buried in Abbey Church, Loosduinen, South Holland, Netherlands.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: Her name is also spelt Mathilde.
    • Last Full Review: 5 Aug 2020

    Notes:

    Name:

    Matilda married Henry II, Count Palatine of the Rhine in 1212 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Henry died on 25 Apr 1214; was buried in Schönau Abbey, Schönau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Matilda married Florenz IV, Count of Holland on 6 Dec 1224. Florenz (son of William I, Comte de Holland and East Friesland and Adelaide of Guelders) was born on 24 Jun 1210 in The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands; died on 19 Jul 1234 in Corbie, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. William II of Holland  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1227; died on 28 Jan 1256 in West Frisia, Netherlands.
    2. 11. Floris de Voogd, Regent of Holland  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1228; died in 1258.
    3. 12. Adelaide of Holland  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1225; died in 1284.
    4. 13. Margaret  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1277.
    5. 14. Machteld  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 6.  Henry II "the Magnanimous", Duke of Brabant and Lorraine Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born in 1207; 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]

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

    Henry married Sophia von Hessen about 1240. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  Godfrey, Lord of Gaesbeek Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born in 1209; died on 21 Jan 1254.

    Family/Spouse: Marie van Oudenaarde. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 8.  Elizabeth Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) died on 23 Oct 1272.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married: 19 Mar 1233, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium; (1) Count Dietrich of Cleves, Lord of Dinslaken. He was born about 1214. [Dietrich, married Elizabeth] He died in 1244.

    Elizabeth married Count Dietrich of Cleves, Lord of Dinslaken on 19 Mar 1233 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. Dietrich was born about 1214; died in 1244. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Elizabeth married Gerhard II, Count of Wassenberg in 1246. Gerhard died in 1255. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 9.  Marie Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) died in young.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Last Full Review: 24 Feb 2021



Generation: 3

  1. 10.  William II of Holland Descendancy chart to this point (5.Matilda2, 1.Henry1) was born in 1227; died on 28 Jan 1256 in West Frisia, Netherlands.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title(s): 1234; He became the Count of Holland.
    • Crowned: 1247


  2. 11.  Floris de Voogd, Regent of Holland Descendancy chart to this point (5.Matilda2, 1.Henry1) was born about 1228; died in 1258.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    History:
    From 1256 to 1258, he was Regent of Holland.


  3. 12.  Adelaide of Holland Descendancy chart to this point (5.Matilda2, 1.Henry1) was born about 1225; died in 1284.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Offices Held: From 1256 to 1263; She governed Holland and Sealand from 1256 to 1263.
    • Offices Held: From 1258 to 1263; She was the Regent of Holland from 1258 to 1263.

    Adelaide married Jean I d'Avêsnes, Seigneur d'Avesnes on 9 Oct 1246. Jean (son of Sir Bouchard d'Avêsnes, Seigneur d'Avêsnes and d'Etroen and Margaret, Countess of Hainault and Flanders) was born on 1 May 1218 in Etraeungt, Nord, France (not found); died on 24 Dec 1257; was buried in Valenciennes, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Jean II d'Avêsnes, Count of Hainault and Holland  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1247 in Brabant, Holland; died on 22 Aug 1304.

  4. 13.  Margaret Descendancy chart to this point (5.Matilda2, 1.Henry1) died in 1277.

  5. 14.  Machteld Descendancy chart to this point (5.Matilda2, 1.Henry1)

  6. 15.  Henry III, Duke of Brabant Descendancy chart to this point (6.Henry2, 1.Henry1) died on 28 Feb 1260.

    Notes:

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

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

    Children:
    1. 18. son  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 19. John I "the Victorious", Duke of Brabant  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1251; died on 4 May 1294.
    3. 20. Marie of Brabant  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1256; died in 1321.

  7. 16.  Matilda of Brabant Descendancy chart to this point (6.Henry2, 1.Henry1) died on 29 Sep 1288; was buried in Abbaye Notre-Dame de Cercamp, Frévent, Hauts-de-France, France.

    Matilda married Robert I, Count of Artois on 14 Jun 1237 in Compiègne, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France. Robert (son of Louis VIII "the Lion", King of France and Blanche of Castile, Princess of Castile, Queen of France) was born in Sep 1216; died on 9 Feb 1250 in Mansoura, Egypt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Blanche of Artois  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1248; died on 2 May 1302 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

    Matilda married Guy de Chatillon, Count de St. Pol on Yes, date unknown. Guy died on 12 Mar 1289. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 17.  Jean II d'Avêsnes, Count of Hainault and Holland Descendancy chart to this point (12.Adelaide3, 5.Matilda2, 1.Henry1) was born in 1247 in Brabant, Holland; died on 22 Aug 1304.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title(s): 1299; He became the Count of Hainault.

    Notes:

    Name:
    He was also the Seigneur d'Avêsnes.

    Jean married Philippa of Luxemburg in 1270. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. William III d'Avêsnes "le Bon", Count of Hainault and Holland  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1286 in Hainault, Belgium; died on 7 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France.

  2. 18.  son Descendancy chart to this point (15.Henry3, 6.Henry2, 1.Henry1)

  3. 19.  John I "the Victorious", Duke of Brabant Descendancy chart to this point (15.Henry3, 6.Henry2, 1.Henry1) was born in 1251; died on 4 May 1294.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title(s): 1267; He became the Duke of Brabant.
    • Married: 1273; Margaret of Flanders, the daughter of Guy Count of Flanders and Matilda of Bethune. [Margaret, married John I, Duke of Brabant] She died about 3 July 1285. Issue: 1. John II "the Peacefuol", Duke of Brabant


  4. 20.  Marie of Brabant Descendancy chart to this point (15.Henry3, 6.Henry2, 1.Henry1) was born in 1256; 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]

    Children:
    1. 23. Louis, Count d'Evreux  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1276; died in 1319.
    2. 24. Marguerite of France  Descendancy chart to this point 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. 25. Blanche of France  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1282; died in 1305.

  5. 21.  Blanche of Artois Descendancy chart to this point (16.Matilda3, 6.Henry2, 1.Henry1) was born about 1248; died on 2 May 1302 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

    Blanche married Henry I, King of Navarre in 1269. Henry (son of Theobald IV "the Great", King of Navarre and Marguerite de Bourbon) was born about 1244 in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France; died on 22 Jul 1274. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. Jeanne of Navarre, Queen of France and Navarre  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jan 1272 in France; died on 2 Apr 1305 in Château-de-Vincennes, Vincennes, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

    Blanche married Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster and of Leicester in 1276. Edmund (son of Henry III, King of England and Eleanor of Provence) was born on 16 Jan 1244 in London, England; died on 5 Jun 1295 in Bayonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Sir Henry Pantagenet, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1281; died on 22 Sep 1345.


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